Library Research Guides: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial data: Data from specific countries

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AFGHANISTAN
National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) manages the Afghanistan national statistical information database
AFGHANISTAN DATASET

AZERBAIJAN
Datasets on Azerbaijan's administrative boundary and statistics
BAHRAIN
Dataset on Bahrain
BANGLADESH
Dataset on Bangladesh
BHUTAN
A shapefile dataset in Bhutan
BRUNEI
Dataset on Brunei spatial environment
CAMBODIA
Geo statistic records on Cambodia
CHINA DATA LAB
Data Source on China
CYPRUS
The main access point for e-services and geospatial data of Cyprus central government and semi-government organizations.
INDIA
IndiaStat - includes geographic data
INDONESIA
A compiled database of Geospatial data on Indonesia
JAPAN
Georeferenced digital maps of Japan
KUWAIT
Database on Kuwait spatial environment
KYRGYZSTAN
Database on Kyrgyzstan
LAOS
Geospatial Database on Laos
LEBANON
Spatial Dataset on Lebanon
MALAYSIA
Geospatial dataset in Malaysia
MYANMAR (BURMA)
Geospatial dataset on Myanmar (Burma)
NEPAL
Dataset of Nepal Boundary and Raster files
OMAN
Geospatial Dataset of Oman
PAKISTAN
Geospatial dataset of Pakistan
PHILLIPPINES
Dataset ON Philippines
QATAR
Database of Qatar
SAUDI ARABIA
A collection of Saudi Arabia spatial data
SINGAPORE
Database on Singapore
SRI LANKA
The main focus of NSDI is to create world-class infrastructure and solutions that will enable spatial data standardization, avoid data duplication, improve data quality, improve transparency in data sharing across departments and provide a technology platform for developing spatial data decision support tools.
THAILAND
Open Government Data of Thailand is a hub for access to open government information in the country that provides citizens with convenient access to government information. quickly All the time The published data is in a file format that can preview the data visually. (Visualization) and API Automate publishable datasets It can also manage datasets and data metadata.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATE
Spatial Data on the United Arabs Emirate

British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) delivers and enables world-leading interdisciplinary research in the Polar Regions. It is a component of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

AUSTRALIA
A collection of government geological science data and services
Fiji
Shape files data on Fiji boundary and country features
Kiribati
Data repository of Kiribati boundary and features
Marshall Islands
The Environmental Data Portal provides an easy way to find, access and reuse national data. Our main purpose is to provide easy access and safe storage for Environmental datasets to be used for monitoring, evaluating, and analyzing environmental conditions and trends to support environmental planning, forecasting, and reporting requirements at all levels.
Micronesia
This Dashboard gives an overview of GIS related datasets in Micronesia.
Nauru
The Nauru Environmental Data Portal provides an easy way to find, access and reuse national data. Our main purpose is to provide easy access and safe storage for Environmental datasets to be used for monitoring, evaluating, and analysing environmental conditions and trends to support environmental planning, forecasting, and reporting requirements at all levels
Palau
Palau Environmental Data Portal provides an easy way to find, access and reuse national data. Our main purpose is to provide easy access and safe storage for Environmental datasets to be used for monitoring, evaluating, and analyzing environmental conditions and trends to support environmental planning, forecasting, and reporting requirements at all levels.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
The Environmental Data Portal provides an easy way to find, access and reuse national data. Our main purpose is to provide easy access and safe storage for Environmental datasets to be used for monitoring, evaluating, and analyzing environmental conditions and trends to support environmental planning, forecasting, and reporting requirements at all levels.

ANGOLA
Database on Angola spatial environment
BENIN
Dataset on Benin spatial environment
BOTSWANA
Dataset on Botswana Spatial Environment
BURKINA FASO
Dataset on Burkina Faso spatial environment
BURUNDI
Dataset on Burundi spatial environment
CAMEROON
Spatial data on Cameroon
CAPE VERDE
A collection of Cape Verde spatial data in CSV and Shape file format
CHAD
Chad spatial data collection
COTE D'IVOIRE
Spatial Data on Côte d'Ivoire
DJIBOUTI
Spatial Data on Djibouti
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Spatial Data for Equatorial Guinea
ERITREA
Spatial Data on Eritrea
ESWATINI
Spatial data on Eswatini
ETHIOPIA
Spatial Data on Ethiopia
GABON
Spatial Data on Gabon
GAMBIA
Spatial Data on Gambia
GHANA
Ghana's Open Data Initiative is a government platform to ensure public accessibility of all data which we collect, subject to ensuring that we consider the privacy rights of individuals.
GUINEA-BISSAU
Spatial data on Guinea-Bissau
KENYA
Spatial Data on Kenya
MALAWI
Malawi spatial database
MAURITANIA
University of Texas spatial database on Mauritania
MOROCCO
University of Texas spatial data collection
NIGERIA
Collection of Data on Nigeria
RWANDA
The datasets presented on this page were gathered from different government organizations in Rwanda. This was done in the framework of the 2020 Base map Review, which was conducted alongside the National Land Use Development Master Plan 2020-2050.
SOUTH AFRICA
Official statistics provided by the Republic of South Africa.
TANZANIA
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has been established as an autonomous public office by the Statistics Act, 2015 and has the mandate to provide official statistics to the Government, business community and the public at large.
TOGO
Stanford Library spatial data on Togo
UGANDA
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) Act, 1998 provides for the development and maintenance of a National Statistical System (NSS) to ensure collection, analysis and publication of integrated, relevant, reliable and timely statistical information. It established the Bureau as the coordinating, monitoring and supervisory body for the National Statistical System.
ZAMBIA
IUB Libraries map collection includes several sheets of topographic maps for Zambia as well as these digitized sheets.

ANGUILLA
Data collection of Anguilla spatial environment
BELIZE
GIS datasets for Belize that have been verified for geospatial accuracy at the Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System for Belize (BERDS)
CANADA
The University of Toronto Library collection provides open access to digitized historical maps at the 1:50,000 scale, covering towns, cities, and rural areas in Canada over the period of 1948 to the early 21st century.
CANADA GOVERNMENT GEOSPATIAL DATA
Geospatial data portal of the Government of Canada
CANADA ONTARIO COUNCIL OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Collection of Canada's geospatial dataset
CUBA
Stanford Library Collection of Cuba spatial dataset
EL SALVADOR
Compilation of El Salvador's spatial Dataset
HAITI
Geographic data of Haiti
HONDURAS
Collection of Honduras spatial data
JAMAICA
This site is designed to provide access to timely and relevant data from various ministries and agencies. The portal was built using DKAN, a Drupal-based open data tool with a full suite of cataloging, publishing and visualization features that allows governments, nonprofits and universities to easily publish data to the public.
MEXICO 2010 CENSUS DATA
On CD. Contact theward@iu.edu for additional access
NICARAGUA
Compilation of Nicaragua's spatial dataset
PANAMA
Collection of Panama spatial data
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ArcGis collection of spatial data set on the United State of America

ARGENTINA
IGISMAP compiled dataset on Argentina's spatial environment
BRAZIL
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
COLOMBIA
Contains statistics on administrative boundaries, parcel data, zoning information and more.
In Spanish
FRENCH GUINEA
Collection of data on French Guinea
GUYANA
GuyNode is a grassroot, open spatial data infrastructure project. Its main goal is to facilitate easy access to geospatial data to support the use of GIS technology in Guyana
PARAGUAY
Collection of Paraguay spatial dataset
PERU
A collection of spatial datasets of Peru

ALBANIA
Collation of Albania map dataset at Princeton libraries
ARMENIA
Spatial Dataset of Armenia
AUSTRLIA
Data.gov.au is the central source of Australian open government data. Anyone can access the anonymized public data published by federal, state and local government agencies.
BELGIUM
Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, collects, produces and disseminates reliable and relevant figures on the Belgian economy, society and territory.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Princeton collection of Bosnia and Herzegovina spatial data
BULGARIA
University of California collection of maps
CROATIA
Dataset on Croatia
CYPRUS
University of California dataset on Cyprus
DENMARK
A collection of Denmark map dataset
FINLAND
A collection of spatial dataset on Finland
FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) produces open data and information for an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable society. SYKE’s open data includes versatile information on water resources, surface and ground waters, the Baltic Sea, environmental load and distractions, the valuable natural environment, land cover and the built environment.
FRANCE
Database of France geographical statistics
GREECE
Geoadata.gov.gr is providing open geospatial data and services for Greece, serving as a national open data catalogue, an INSPIRE-conformant Spatial Data Infrastructure, as well as a powerful foundation for enabling value added services from open data.
IRELAND
A repository of Irish Public Sector data in open, free and reusable formats.
LATVIA
A collection of Latvia spatial data
MONTENEGRO
University of Texas map collection of Montenegro
NORWAY
Norway's spatial data information
POLAND
Poland government spatial data collection
ROMANIA
Princeton map collection of Romania spatial dataset
SAN MARINO
Princeton spatial data collection for San Marino
SERBIA
Princeton University collection of Serbia Spatial data
SPAIN
Spatial Data Collection on Spain
SWITZERLAND
Spatial data collection of Switzerland
TURKEY
Princeton University collection of Turkey spatial data
UNITED KINGDOM
Spatial Data of the United Kingdom

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