Geography & GIS

Access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

EarthExplorer (EE) provides online search, browse display, metadata export, data download and processing support for earth science data from the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) archives of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

GeoCommons is a community contributed collection of open data from around the world. Uploaded by the public, data are often from public and open government website and sources.

The Geospatial Platform is a cross-agency collaborative effort and Shared Service that embodies the principles and spirit of Open Government, emphasizing government-to-citizen communication, accountability, and transparency.

The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) consortium is a group of federal agencies who coordinate and generate consistent and relevant land cover information at the national scale for a wide variety of environmental, land management, and modeling applications.

As a cornerstone of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geospatial Program (NGP), The National Map (TNM) is a collaborative effort among the USGS and governmental, academic, non-profit, and industry partners to improve and deliver topographic information for the Nation.

The BGN comprises representatives of Federal agencies concerned with geographic information, population, ecology, and management of public lands.

Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.

The is an online map-based user interface which allows users to discover and access Earth observation data and resources from different providers from all over the world.
The portal is implemented and operated by the European Space Agency.

World population estimates and projections from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Users can search and download a variety of statistical resources compiled by the United Nations (UN) statistical system and other international agencies.

Provided by the World Bank Group, DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics.

Data and information about the Greater Philadelphia region at your fingertips!

A catalog of open data in the Philadelphia region. In addition to being the official open data repository for the City of Philadelphia, it includes data sets from many organizations in the region.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education compiles and analyzes a wide variety of data about attendance, graduation rates, schools and school districts, student progress, transportation, and other information.

DCNR conserves and sustains Pennsylvania's natural resources for present and future generations' use and enjoyment.

Pennsylvania GEOlogic Data Exploration from the Bureau of Geological Survey.

Pennsylvania's official public access open geospatial data portal.

We partner with the United States Census Bureau as part of the State Data Center (SDC) program to make federal census data available locally, in Pennsylvania. We provide—and help you make sense of—official demographic and socioeconomic data.

The Pennsylvania UCR Program serves as the state repository for the collection of crime statistics and its primary objective is to generate reliable information for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management.

35,000 local, regional, national and world maps from the 18th and 19th centuries. Focus on the Americas, but includes maps from around the world.

Provides easy access to summary tables and time series of population, housing, agriculture, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible mapping files, for years from 1790 through the present and for all levels of U.S. census geography, including states, counties, tracts, and blocks.

Thousands of historic and current maps from around the world

Public, non-restricted data depicting National Register spatial data processed by the Cultural Resources GIS facility.