African Population Database
http://na.unep.net/globalpop/africa/
Provides boundary and census data, raster data
Boston Data Portal
http://www.iq.harvard.edu/programs/boston_data_portal
A geographically-based internet portal aimed at providing both government and academic datasets, covering both the City of Boston and the surrounding metro region, including both current and historical data
Cartographic Boundary Files, U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/index.html
Boundary files available from the Census Bureau's TIGER geographic database are designed for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS)
China Dimensions Data Collection
http://sedac.ciesin.org/china/
Hosts a variety of socioeconomic data, including Geographic Information System (GIS) databases that cover the administrative regions of China
China Historical GIS Data Archive
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/data/chgis/downloads/v4/
Database of populated places and historical administrative units
China in Time and Space (CITAS)
http://citas.csde.washington.edu/data/data.html [http://citas.csde.washington.edu/data/data.html]
Maintains databases of spatially- and temporally-referenced data on China
Colonialism and Its Legacies: A Comprehensive Historical Dataset
No website available yet
Historical datasets focused on Anglo-European and Japanese colonialism from 1400 – present day
Georeferenced Databases for Accessing Historical Data (GEORIA)
http://mercator.geog.utoronto.ca/georia/home.htm
Environmental, social and health-related temporal data for Canada
Global Land Precipitation Dataset
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~mikeh/datasets/global/
Precipitation datasets for 1900-1998
Global Temperature Dataset
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature/
Temperature datasets for 1900-1998
Great Britain Historical Database Online
http://hds.essex.ac.uk/gbhd/docs/db_index.asp
Database of British nineteenth and twentieth-century statistics; created as part of the Great Britain Historical GIS (GBHGIS)
The Human Mortality Database (HMD)
http://www.mortality.org/
Provides detailed mortality and population data for 36 countries/areas
Hurricane Katrina & Rita Clearinghouse Cooperative
http://www.katrina.lsu.edu/default.asp
Created to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and archiving of data related to Hurricane Katrina and Rita; provides downloadable GIS data
Indiana Severe Weather GIS information
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=svrgis
Graphical Database of severe weather Reports in the United States (1950-2006)
Iowa Environmental Mesonet GIS information
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/GIS/
Links to shapefiles, GIS environmental databases, and various GIS projects using IEM data
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
http://www.nhgis.org
Both statistical and mapping census data available for download
Natural Resources Canada
http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/index.html
Environmental data from 1960-present day
The Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/download_index.html
Shapefiles and other data for each state are available for download
NOAA/NWS Geodata
http://www.weather.gov/geodata/
Shapefile databases, other GIS weather-related data
Race & Place: An African-American Community in the Jim Crow South
http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/afam/raceandplace/
Provides census databases and city directories
A Searchable Relational Database of Buddhist Monasteries in China (BGIS)
http://bgis.coh.arizona.edu/ [http://bgis.coh.arizona.edu/]
Through databasing and electronic mapping, the site integrates different types of data about monasteries and illustrates them visually on maps
TAHPDX: Great Decisions in U.S. History - HISTORICAL GIS DATA
http://www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS/currentprojects/TAHv3/Historic_GIS_Data.html [PAGE NOT FOUND]
Downloadable GIS data for lesson plans
Teaching History with GIS, GIS Resources
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006628/GIS.html
Downloadable temporal GIS data, especially useful for teachers to create their own custom maps for the classroom
The Valley Project Databases
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/reference/searchdatabases.html [PAGE NOT FOUND]
Databases of church records, personal papers, tax digests, official war records, and various census databases
Virginia Emigrants to Liberia
http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/liberia/index.php?page=Home
Searchable database of nearly 3700 Virginia emigrants to Liberia
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Arctic Climate Systems Study (ACSYS) Historical Ice Chart Archive
http://acsys.npolar.no/ahica/gis.htm
Shapefiles depicting sea-ice observations from various time periods
World-Historical Dataverse Archive of World Historical Data
http://www.dataverse.pitt.edu/archiveselect.html
For users of individual datasets; trade statistics, population, HDI, tax, and health data for various time periods
