Added GIS datasets.

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@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ This list of public data sources are collected and tidyed from blogs, answers,
and user reponses. Most of the data sets listed below are free, however, some and user reponses. Most of the data sets listed below are free, however, some
are not. This list comes from https://github.com/caesar0301/awesome-public-datasets. are not. This list comes from https://github.com/caesar0301/awesome-public-datasets.
Climate Climate
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* NOAA climate datasets: http://ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/quick-links * NOAA climate datasets: http://ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/quick-links
* WU Historical Weather Worldwide: http://www.wunderground.com/history/index.html * WU Historical Weather Worldwide: http://www.wunderground.com/history/index.html
Economics Economics
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* Internet Product Code Database: http://www.upcdatabase.com/ * Internet Product Code Database: http://www.upcdatabase.com/
* World bank: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator * World bank: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator
Energy Energy
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* St Louis Federal: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/ * St Louis Federal: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/
* Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/ * Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/
Biology Biology
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* Gapminder: http://www.gapminder.org/data/ * Gapminder: http://www.gapminder.org/data/
* Medicare Data File: http://go.cms.gov/19xxPN4 * Medicare Data File: http://go.cms.gov/19xxPN4
GeoSpace
GeoSpace/GIS
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* EOSDIS: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/sets/browse * EOSDIS: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/sets/browse
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* GeoNames (over eight million placenames): http://www.geonames.org/ * GeoNames (over eight million placenames): http://www.geonames.org/
* BODC (marine data of nearly 22,000 oceanographic vars): http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/where_to_find_data/ * BODC (marine data of nearly 22,000 oceanographic vars): http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/where_to_find_data/
* GADM (Global Administrative Areas database): http://www.gadm.org/ * GADM (Global Administrative Areas database): http://www.gadm.org/
* twofishes (Foursquare's reverse geocoder): https://github.com/foursquare/twofishes
* Natural Earth (vectors and rasters of the world): http://www.naturalearthdata.com/
* tz_world (timezone polygons): http://efele.net/maps/tz/world/
* TIGER/Line (official United States boundaries and roads): http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-line.html
Transportation Transportation
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* The World Bank: http://wdronline.worldbank.org/ * The World Bank: http://wdronline.worldbank.org/
* U.K. Government Data: http://data.gov.uk/data * U.K. Government Data: http://data.gov.uk/data
* U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/data.html * U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/data.html
* U.S. American Community Survey: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/data_release_info/
* U.S. Federal Government Agencies: http://www.data.gov/metric * U.S. Federal Government Agencies: http://www.data.gov/metric
* U.S. Federal Government Data Catalog: http://catalog.data.gov/dataset * U.S. Federal Government Data Catalog: http://catalog.data.gov/dataset
* U.S. Open Government: http://www.data.gov/open-gov/ * U.S. Open Government: http://www.data.gov/open-gov/