Where can I get raw data sets?

10 Great Places to Find Free Datasets for Your Next Project

  • Google Dataset Search.
  • Kaggle.
  • Data.Gov.
  • Datahub.io.
  • UCI Machine Learning Repository.
  • Earth Data.
  • CERN Open Data Portal.
  • Global Health Observatory Data Repository.

How do you get shapefiles in GIS?

You can access a shapefile in ArcGIS Pro using a folder connection in the Catalog pane.

  1. Add a connection to a folder.
  2. Browse to the location of the shapefile within the folder connection.
  3. Right-click the shapefile and select Add to Current Map. to add the shapefile to the current map.

What program opens SHP files?

SHP files can be an ESRI Shapefile, which contains geographical information like street points, points of interest, and zip code boundaries. If this is the case, you can use Google Earth Pro software to import and open SHP files.

Where can I find large datasets open to the public?

So here’s my list of 15 awesome Open Data sources:

  • World Bank Open Data.
  • WHO (World Health Organization) — Open data repository.
  • Google Public Data Explorer.
  • Registry of Open Data on AWS (RODA)
  • European Union Open Data Portal.
  • FiveThirtyEight.
  • U.S. Census Bureau.
  • Data.gov.

How can I get public data?

Here are 15 free data sources covering government, health, economics, entertainment, science and social media around the world:

  1. 1) Google Scholar.
  2. 2) U.S. Census Bureau.
  3. 3) European Union Open Data Portal.
  4. 4) Data.gov.
  5. 5) Google Public Data Explorer.
  6. 6) Social Mention.
  7. 7) Pew Research Center’s Internet Project.

What program opens a shapefile?

Esri’s ArcGIS Explorer Desktop is the most popular desktop shapefile viewer. The software can be downloaded for free and integrates with ArcGIS Online. ArcGIS Explorer only works on Windows OS environments.