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The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Photo by Hasan Almasi on…
Climate Research Unit Gridded Time Series
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Photo by Jarosław Kwoczała on…
CShapes
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Photo by Nextvoyage on Pexels

Summary:

  • Only…
Farming the Planet 2: Geographic distribution of crop areas, yields, physiological types, and net primary production in the year 2000
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Photo by Melissa-Askew on Wunderstock

Summary:

  • Comprehensive and detailed source…
Database of Global Administrative Boundaries (GADM)
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Mairead Milán, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) …
Global Spatially-Disaggregated Crop Production Statistics Data for 2010 Version 1.0 (MapSPAM)
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Photo by Markus Spiske

Summary:

  • Most recent global cropping data (2010).
  • Broken down 6 cropping technologies…
MIRCA2000-Global monthly irrigated and rainfed crop areas around the year 2000: A new high-resolution data set for agricultural and hydrological modeling
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 

Summary:

  • Builds on Farming the Planet 2.
  • Static snapshot for the year 2000.
  • MapSpam is usually a better alternative data product.
Natural Earth (Countries)
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 

Summary:

  • Large complimentary feature datasets.
  • Free for all uses.
  • No ADMIN 2 representation.
  • Some boundary accuracy issues, bad geometries, and topology errors that need to be post-…
Crop Planting Dates: An Analysis of Global Patterns
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Mairead Milán, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) …
The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI)
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Photo by Anton Ivanchenko on…
Uppsala Conflict Data Program Georeferenced Event Dataset (UCDP-GED)
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 

Summary:

  • High spatial resolution; disaggregated to village.
  • Integrated with several additional UCDP datasets.
  • Challenging to harmonize battle actors with datasets outside of UCDP.
  • …
University of Delaware Terrestrial Precipitation
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 

Summary:

  • Provides a gridded monthly timeseries for an extended period (1900-2017)
  • Higher Spatial Resolution (0.5 degrees) and global coverage.
  • Intermittent version updates.
  • Station…
Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL)
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Photo by Ralph (Ravi) Kayden on…
Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2019 Revision
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 

Summary:

  • Premier data for migrant populations.
  • Global coverage.
  • Limited to 1990-2019.
  • Quinquennial reporting.
  • Suffers from likely reporting biases and country to country…
Freedom in the World (2021)
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Photo by Kristina V on…
Varieties of Democracy (V11)
Joshua Brinks,  ISciences, LLC 
Photo by Ed Ogle on flickr

Summary:

  • Large database (400+ variables) of granular measures of democracy.
  • Long…