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Is there any world-wide real time catastrophe information system?

Disasters happens, in this situations information is everything. Is there any information system that works worldwide and would: Notify the possible victims that the something is coming (in cases it is possible to figure out before) Provide useful…
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Is there hyperspectral drone imagery available for free for research

We are just looking at testing some processes before purchasing a hyperspectral drone sensor and was wondering if anyone knows any sites where we can download a few sq km of data for testing. It can be anywhere in the world and ideally at a river…
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API for sun radiation / illuminance data?

I am looking to get current and historical sun radiation or illuminance data for given locations around the globe. I've had a look at the wunderground API as I also need generic weather data but it appears that it doesn't include that info even…
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Trying to link ZIP code to core-based statistical area

I have a dataset downloaded from the IRS reporting AGI by ZIP code (link: irs.gov). However, I'm interested in tying each ZIP code to statistical areas (whether it's [a] primary statistical area, [b] combined statistical area, [c] core-based…
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What's the best way to host map tiles?

I'm interested in generating some open-source maps, with possibly world-wide coverage. I know that depending on the number of zoom levels I include, the number of tiles can be very large, taking up a lot of disk space. I also don't anticipate that…
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OpenStreetMap: Finding shape dimensions from a query

I often propose OSM as a resource on this site, but actually I don't know how to use it very well. (I'll post this first to OpenData but maybe it's more appropriate for GIS.) If I have a single latitude and longitude point, how can I find the…
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Where can I find a longitudinal survey that includes sociographic data, including religion affiliation, over a long period?

Where can I find a population longitudinal survey that would include the following data on the same individuals over a long period (5+ years, higher frequency is preferable)? Basic demographics (age, sex, marital status) Religious…
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Traffic camera datasets

I'm searching dataset with photos of front cars, like speed camera photos. Standford dataset is interesting, but too good quality, not from traffic cameras. Who knows where to find such?
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Open sports data

Today you can find all sorts of data in an open format. Most financial data, polling and government databases, just about every baseball play ever played. However this open data paradigm hasn't reached across the rest of the sporting world. Getting…
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Persistent publishing of data. My nations DataCite does not cover my field; alternatives?

I want to make my geophysical dataset available for all humanity for all future. Until now, I'd put the data on our institutes' FTP server and write the link in the academic article I'm publishing. This is not optimal. Links may change, servers…
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Questions and answers from answers.semanticweb.com

answers.semanticweb.com was a QA website a bit similar to here. There were a lot of great questions and answers about SPARQL and related technologies. The website got sold two times, and since a few weeks, it has been down. QUESTION: Is there a…
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Find reusable images of city X with width>2100 pixels

I need large reusable pictures of particular places (to make Wikivoyage banners, example). Where to find such images? For instance pictures of Berlin with width>2100px Contiguous images, not mosaics. An idea could be to use Wikicommons categories,…
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Are there any APIs that find the shortest sea distance between two points, given the latitude and longitude?

Searching online turns up websites like this one, which can return the shortest over-water distance between two ports, but I'm looking for something more general. Are there APIs or datasets that would allow me to calculate the shortest over-water…
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Anti-infringment IP list

I am looking for an up-to-date, gratis anti-infringment IP list, i.e., a list of IPs of organizations searching for copyright infringement through peer-to-peer networks. https://www.iblocklist.com/lists has such a list, but the access to it is not…
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Open datasets for product reviews

Are there public repositories that have public reviews and feedback data of products (I need digital camera reviews to be specific) After searching on the internet, I found http://www.cs.uic.edu/~liub/FBS/sentiment-analysis.html#datasets Are there…
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