Google Dataset Search aggregates data from external sources, providing a clear summary of what’s available, a description of the data, who it’s provided by, and when it was last updated. It’s an excellent place to start.
Kaggle offers aggregated datasets, but it’s a community hub rather than a search engine.It has since evolved into a renowned open data platform, offering cloud-based collaboration for data scientists, as well as educational tools for teaching artificial intelligence and data analysis techniques…plus, of course, tonnes of great datasets covering almost any topic you can imagine.
In 2015, the US Government made all its data publicly available. With over 200,000 datasets covering everything from climate change to crime, you can lose yourself in the database for hours. For a government website, it has some surprisingly user-friendly search functions, including the ability to drill down by geographical area, organization type, and file format.
Publicly available since 1994, this repository provides access to all of NASA’s satellite observation data for our little blue planet. As you can imagine, there’s plenty to peruse, from weather and climate measurements to atmospheric observations, ocean temperatures, vegetation mapping, and more.
Online version of U.S. statistics broken down into tables categorized by topic. The U.S. census Bureau ended publication in 2011, but you can still get historical data.
This resource provides access to machine-readable datasets for individuals desiring to conduct their own research on topics of interest in the federal government.
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