ED. 2026 / 09

Ideas are not the problem. Usable data is.

Open datasets for
data storytelling practice.

A public-data index for data stories, visualization, and investigative leads. Every source includes update frequency, access requirements, formats, and a question worth pursuing.

Explore the library

52 official sources checked · 2 awaiting publisher action, then rechecked here

GLOBAL SOURCE FIELD50° N / 123° W

LIVE SIGNAL21

streams online

ARCHIVE DEPTH500+

years at maximum

PUBLIC / OPEN / TRACEABLERECEIVING

01 / SOURCES52

Verified at official sources

02 / MODES02

Historical archives · live signals

03 / THEMES11

From the planet to knowledge

04 / PAYWALLS00

No paywalls

DATASET INDEX

What do you want to follow?

“Live” covers minute, hourly, and continuously updated streams. “Historical” emphasizes long-run archives built for trends and comparison.

Open-access standard

Every entry is free to browse, query, or download. Sources requiring a free account or API key are clearly marked; licenses vary, so confirm attribution before publishing. “Awaiting recheck” means this library is waiting for the publisher to restore, migrate, or complete its official information; the library editors will recheck it, and visitors do not need to take action.

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DS-001Climate & Earth · GlobalLive data

USGS

USGS Earthquake Feeds

Global real-time earthquake stream

A continuous event stream of magnitude, depth, location, time, and felt reports, ready for maps and timelines.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Are earthquakes becoming more frequent, or are we simply seeing them more clearly?”

UPDATE: Every minute
COVERAGE: Global · past hour to 30 days
ACCESS: No login
LICENSE / TYPE: U.S. public domain for USGS-produced material; third-party exceptions

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit “U.S. Geological Survey” and link to the original feed.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Before publishing, recheck the feed page and any item-level third-party credits or notices.

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GeoJSONCSVATOMKML

Official source

DS-002Climate & Earth · United StatesLive data

NOAA / NWS

NWS Weather Alerts

U.S. severe weather alerts

Storm, flood, heat, and fire-weather alerts with severity, affected areas, active periods, and response guidance.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Why do cities receive different warning times for the same type of weather risk?”

UPDATE: Near real time · poll ≥30 sec
COVERAGE: United States · active alerts
ACCESS: No login
LICENSE / TYPE: U.S. public domain unless otherwise marked by NWS

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit “NOAA / National Weather Service.”

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Recheck alert timestamps, disclaimers, experimental products, and third-party material; do not imply endorsement.

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JSON-LDCAPATOM

Official source

DS-003Climate & Earth · GlobalLive data

NOAA / NDBC

NDBC Buoy Observations

Ocean buoy observations

Sea temperature, wave height, wind, pressure, and tide observations. Most stations report hourly; the latest summary refreshes about every five minutes.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“What does a buoy notice first as a storm crosses the sea?”

UPDATE: Summary about every 5 min
COVERAGE: Global stations · last 45 days
ACCESS: No login
LICENSE / TYPE: U.S. government public domain for NOAA-produced material; third-party exceptions

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit “NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC).”

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Recheck station metadata, quality flags, and any observations supplied by partner organizations.

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TXTHTTPSNetCDF

Official source

DS-004Climate & Earth · GlobalLive data

NASA / LANCE

NASA FIRMS Active Fire

Satellite active-fire detections

MODIS, VIIRS, and Landsat hotspots with brightness, confidence, and overpass time for tracking wildfire spread.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How long is the gap between a fire seen by satellite and a fire reported by the news?”

UPDATE: As fast as under 60 min
COVERAGE: Global · 24 hours to 7 days
ACCESS: Free account / MAP_KEY
LICENSE / TYPE: CC0 1.0 for NASA-led data unless a restriction or other license is marked

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Name the satellite product and acknowledge NASA/GSFC, LANCE, ESDIS, and FIRMS with access date.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Suomi NPP science-product delivery will cease on November 1, 2026, and data after the March 9, 2026 anomaly may not meet mission specifications. Before publishing, open the product citation page and verify a current feed such as NOAA-20 or NOAA-21, near-real-time status, version, and basemap rights.

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CSVSHPKMLWMS

Official source

DS-005Society & Public Life · GlobalLive data

GDELT Project

GDELT 2.0

Global news event graph

Turns global news into events, places, people, themes, and emotional signals for stories about media narratives and shifting attention.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How does the emotional framing of one event change across languages?”

UPDATE: Every 15 minutes
COVERAGE: Global · 65 live-translated languages
ACCESS: No-login downloads
LICENSE / TYPE: Unlimited use and redistribution under GDELT Terms of Use

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Citation to the GDELT Project and a link to https://www.gdeltproject.org/ are required.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Recheck the Terms, dataset version, and codebook; do not treat source-news text as openly reusable GDELT data.

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CSVBigQueryJSON API

Official source

DS-006Culture & Knowledge · GlobalLive data

Wikimedia

Wikimedia Analytics

Wikipedia attention signals

Page views, edits, devices, and top-page metrics that turn collective curiosity into comparable time series.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“After a major event, which term does the world look up first?”

UPDATE: Hourly / daily granularity
COVERAGE: 300+ language projects
ACCESS: No login
LICENSE / TYPE: CC0 1.0 for Analytics API data

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Attribution is not legally required; citing “Wikimedia Analytics API” and query date is recommended.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Recheck API terms, User-Agent identification, rate limits, and endpoint stability before publishing.

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JSONREST API

Official source

DS-007Science & Health · GlobalLive data

Crossref

Crossref REST API

Global research metadata

Papers, journals, funders, institutions, licenses, and corrections for tracking research trends, retractions, and knowledge networks.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How many years does a new concept take to move from paper titles into mainstream research?”

UPDATE: Continuously deposited
COVERAGE: Global DOI records
ACCESS: Public API · no registration
LICENSE / TYPE: Bibliographic metadata is generally factual / CC0; abstracts may be copyrighted

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Crossref and use DOI links when referring to scholarly works.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Separately verify abstracts, full text, and publisher-supplied fields; follow API pacing and caching guidance.

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JSONREST APIBulk

Official source

DS-008Cities & Mobility · GlobalLive data

MobilityData

GBFS Public Feeds

Global shared-mobility status

Public real-time feeds for vehicles, stations, availability, service areas, and pricing rules, with no personal trip records.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Can a city's daily tide be read from empty docks and available bikes?”

UPDATE: Refreshed by each operator
COVERAGE: 1,000+ shared-mobility systems
ACCESS: Public feeds
LICENSE / TYPE: Operator-specific; check system_information.json

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Follow the selected feed’s license_url and operator attribution requirements.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Review each feed’s license, caching or polling terms, and operator policy; an open GBFS standard does not create one universal data license.

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JSONGBFS 3.0

Official source

DS-009Population & Development · GlobalHistorical data

World Bank

World Development Indicators

World development indicators

Long-run cross-country data on population, poverty, education, energy, trade, and the environment: a dependable foundation for data stories.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Which countries expanded electricity or education before income began to rise?”

UPDATE: Annual / quarterly
COVERAGE: 1960s–present · 200+ economies
ACCESS: No API key
LICENSE / TYPE: World Bank-produced open data defaults to CC BY 4.0; indicator exceptions may apply

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit the World Bank and dataset, include access date, and indicate translations or changes.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check each indicator’s provider, license label, and additional terms; not every catalog dataset is CC BY.

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JSONXMLCSV

Official source

DS-010Climate & Earth · GlobalHistorical data

NASA GISS

NASA GISTEMP v4

Global surface temperature anomalies

Land–ocean temperature anomalies, gridded data, and uncertainty analysis for stories that move from the global trend to local differences.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Warming is not one line: which places heated first, and where did change fluctuate most?”

UPDATE: Around the 10th each month
COVERAGE: 1880–present · global grids
ACCESS: No-login downloads
LICENSE / TYPE: CC0 1.0 unless otherwise marked; GISTEMP lists separate citation guidance

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Cite both the GISTEMP v4 website with access date and the latest paper listed there.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

The official citation page was confirmed restored on 2026-09-06. Before publishing, cite both the GISTEMP v4 website with access date and the latest paper listed there, then recheck GHCN, ERSST, other source notes, and NASA image and media guidance.

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TXTCSVNetCDFZarr

Official source

DS-011Climate & Earth · United StatesHistorical data

NOAA / NCEI

NOAA Storm Events

U.S. severe-weather event archive

Tornado, hail, flood, heat, and other events with location, casualties, loss estimates, and narrative accounts.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Are the economic losses from extreme weather rising faster than the number of events?”

UPDATE: About 75–90 days after month end
COVERAGE: 1950–present · United States
ACCESS: No-login bulk download
LICENSE / TYPE: U.S. public domain for NOAA/NWS-produced material; third-party exceptions

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit “NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database” with access date.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Recheck the NWS disclaimer, methodology changes, loss-estimate limitations, and any third-party narratives.

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CSVBulk Download

Official source

DS-012Cities & Mobility · United States · New YorkHistorical data

NYC Open Data

NYC Motor Vehicle Collisions

New York City road collisions

Every police-reported collision with time, location, casualties, vehicles, and possible factors, ready to join with street redesign and weather data.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“After a street is redesigned, do the locations and types of crashes actually change?”

UPDATE: Updates paused · official fix expected August 2026
COVERAGE: 2012–present · New York City
ACCESS: No-login download / API · awaiting publisher recovery, then rechecked here
LICENSE / TYPE: NYC public data generally has no registration, license, or use restriction; dataset exceptions control

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit “NYC Open Data / NYPD Motor Vehicle Collisions.”

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Official metadata says automated updates are temporarily paused with a fix expected in August 2026; confirm recovery, personal-data fields, and disclaimers before publishing.

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CSVJSONGeoJSONKML

Official source

DS-013Culture & Knowledge · Global · MultilingualHistorical data

Google Books

Google Books Ngram

Five centuries of word popularity

Annual phrase frequencies from millions of books for tracing long-run changes in ideas, technology, emotion, and language.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“When an era begins talking about “anxiety,” which words disappear first?”

UPDATE: Versioned releases
COVERAGE: Approx. 1500–2019 · multilingual
ACCESS: Direct download · no login
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 3.0 for the downloadable Ngram corpus compilation

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Google Books Ngram Viewer, name the corpus version, and link the official data page.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Recheck the download-page license, corpus version, OCR and language-detection limits, and query parameters.

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TSVGZIPBigQuery

Official source

DS-014Science & Health · GlobalHistorical data

WHO

WHO Global Health Observatory

Global health observatory

Cross-country indicators for mortality, disease, health resources, vaccination, and risk factors, with dimensions and metadata.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“As life expectancy rises, does healthy life expectancy keep pace?”

UPDATE: As indicators are released
COVERAGE: Global · thousands of health indicators
ACCESS: No-login web / OData · awaiting WHO migration, then rechecked here
LICENSE / TYPE: WHO Dataset Terms; not an unrestricted open license

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit WHO, dataset title, year, access date, and underlying countries identified by the dataset.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

As of 2026-09-13, the legacy GHO OData endpoint responds, but WHO still labels it as the old interface and the migration notice does not provide a stable successor. Before publishing, confirm the current endpoint and field names, then recheck public-health purpose, commercial-promotion limits, modification rules, third-party material, and current WHO terms.

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ODataJSONCSV

Official source

DS-015Population & Development · United StatesHistorical data

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Census Data APIs

U.S. population and community structure

ACS, census, migration, housing, business, and public-finance data reaching counties, census tracts, and block groups.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do commuting, renting, and household structure reshape a neighborhood together?”

UPDATE: Annual / decennial
COVERAGE: 1942–present · varies by dataset
ACCESS: Public API
LICENSE / TYPE: U.S. government public domain for Census-produced material; third-party exceptions

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Name the U.S. Census Bureau, specific dataset or API, year, and access date.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Recheck the API dataset notes, geographic level, statistical disclosure limits, and third-party copyright marks.

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JSONREST API

Official source

DS-016Population & Development · GlobalHistorical data

Gapminder

Gapminder Systema Globalis

Story-ready global time series

Country-level time series assembled from dispersed sources, especially useful for comparative stories about health, income, population, and education.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How many of our deepest intuitions about the world are already out of date?”

UPDATE: Independent by indicator
COVERAGE: Global · hundreds of curated indicators
ACCESS: No-login downloads
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 4.0 for the Gapminder Systema Globalis dataset

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Gapminder / Systema Globalis, link the dataset, note changes, and preserve indicator source notes.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check each indicator’s original source, version, and update note; the aggregate license does not replace source review.

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CSVXLSXGitHub

Official source

DS-017Climate & Earth · GlobalLive data

NASA / EONET

NASA EONET v3

Global natural-event tracker

A NASA-curated stream of natural-event metadata with categories, time, location, magnitude, and links to original sources, ready for maps and timelines.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“When and where do wildfires, storms, and volcanic activity form event clusters?”

UPDATE: Continuously curated · near real time
COVERAGE: Global · open and historical natural events
ACCESS: No-login API
LICENSE / TYPE: CC0 1.0 by default for NASA-produced EONET metadata; linked third-party source content excluded

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

CC0 does not require credit; cite “NASA EONET v3,” access date, and preserve each event's original source links as a best practice.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Recheck the EONET disclaimer, event curation status, and record-level sources; do not treat linked third-party pages, imagery, or text as CC0.

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JSONGeoJSONREST APIWMS / WMTS

Official source

DS-018Science & Health · GlobalLive data

OpenAQ

OpenAQ API v3

Global air-quality observations

Original pollutant readings from government and institutional monitors, hourly-to-yearly aggregations, coordinates, coverage metrics, providers, and license records.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Which neighborhoods in the same city are breathing fundamentally different air?”

UPDATE: Provider-dependent · often hourly
COVERAGE: Public monitoring stations worldwide · multiple pollutants
ACCESS: Free account / API key · no-login AWS archive
LICENSE / TYPE: Original-provider licenses vary; the OpenAQ API licenses resource records the applicable terms

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit OpenAQ and follow the selected station or provider's original-source attribution requirements.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Query locations, providers, and licenses before publishing; verify commercial, modification, and redistribution rights plus late-arriving data and coverage—latest is not a complete series.

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JSONREST APICSV.GZS3

Official source

DS-019Climate & Earth · GlobalHistorical data

Copernicus C3S / ECMWF

Copernicus ERA5

Eight decades of hourly global weather reanalysis

A consistent hourly weather archive that combines observations with a physical model across temperature, wind, precipitation, soil, waves, and many other variables.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How have the most extreme weather days in your city changed since 1940?”

UPDATE: Daily · about 5-day lag; final release 2–3 months later
COVERAGE: 1940–present · global 0.25° grid
ACCESS: Free account / CDS API key
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 4.0 as marked in the ERA5 catalog entry

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Cite DOI 10.24381/cds.adbb2d47, state “Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information [Year],” and indicate changes.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Recheck the catalog's version, known issues, and citation guidance; distinguish ERA5T at about five days' latency from the final release two to three months later.

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GRIBZarrSTACCDS API

Official source

DS-020Science & Health · GlobalHistorical data

OpenAlex

OpenAlex

Open global research knowledge graph

An open graph linking works, authors, institutions, sources, topics, funders, and citations for stories about knowledge diffusion and research inequality.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How does a research topic spread across borders, and which institutions connect first?”

UPDATE: Continuously maintained API · free snapshot quarterly
COVERAGE: Global · hundreds of millions of works, authors, and institutions
ACCESS: Free API key / free quarterly snapshot
LICENSE / TYPE: CC0 for the complete OpenAlex dataset

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Attribution is not legally required; research use should cite the OpenAlex paper and record the snapshot or query date.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Recheck the free API allowance, snapshot date, and field definitions; linked full text, publisher pages, and other third-party content do not become open through the metadata license.

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JSONREST APIJSONLGZIP

Official source

DS-021Culture & Knowledge · United States · Global collectionsHistorical data

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Open Access

Smithsonian open collections

Object metadata and open media across art, history, science, libraries, and archives for studying collecting, classification, donation, place, and digitization bias.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Whom does a national museum's digital history center, and whom does it leave out?”

UPDATE: AWS metadata refreshed weekly
COVERAGE: 5M+ digital items · 21 museums and research units
ACCESS: No-login AWS archive / free API key
LICENSE / TYPE: CC0 for assets and data explicitly designated Smithsonian Open Access

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

CC0 does not require credit; preserve title, creator, Smithsonian unit, accession number, and source URL as a best practice.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

The old GitHub metadata repository was archived on 2026-05-21; use the AWS open-data route that remains on a weekly refresh. Use the Open Access FAQ to confirm the CC0 mark item by item, then review trademark, privacy, publicity, cultural-sensitivity, and third-party rights.

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JSONLIIIFJPG / TIFFglTF / OBJ

Official source

DS-022Economy & Business · CanadaHistorical data

Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada Web Data Service

Canada's official statistics API

A machine-readable gateway to official tables, time series, census data, and metadata, with point queries, full-table downloads, and daily deltas.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do high interest rates, housing costs, and migration create different life paths across provinces?”

UPDATE: Every business day at 08:30 ET
COVERAGE: Canada · economy, population, society, and census
ACCESS: No login · 25 requests/sec per IP
LICENSE / TYPE: Statistics Canada Open Licence

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Use “Adapted from Statistics Canada, [product], [reference date]” and state that this does not constitute endorsement.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Recheck table ID, reference period, revision status, and third-party marks; do not attempt to re-identify people, businesses, or organizations.

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JSONCSVSDMX-XMLZIP

Official source

DS-023Climate & Earth · CanadaLive data

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Canada Real-time Hydrometric Data

Canada's live river levels and flows

Live water level, discharge, coordinates, and station metadata for rivers and lakes across Canada, ready to connect with weather, floods, and community risk.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Where do snowmelt, intense rain, and drought first become visible as abnormal river levels?”

UPDATE: Continual · latest 30 days
COVERAGE: Canada · 2,100+ hydrometric stations
ACCESS: No-login OGC API / CSV / GeoJSON
LICENSE / TYPE: Open Government Licence – Canada

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Environment and Climate Change Canada, dataset title, access date, and link the licence.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check station quality flags, preliminary versus final status, time zone, and provincial partner sources; do not treat live values as final archive values.

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GeoJSONCSVOGC APIAMQP

Official source

DS-024Population & Development · United KingdomHistorical data

UK Office for National Statistics

Office for National Statistics API

United Kingdom official statistics API

Filterable official datasets, census observations, and time series with no API key required; the interface remains in beta.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do remote work, house prices, and age structure shape the recovery of British towns?”

UPDATE: As official releases are published
COVERAGE: United Kingdom · economy, population, labour, and Census 2021
ACCESS: No login · beta API
LICENSE / TYPE: Open Government Licence v3.0 unless an item states otherwise

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

State “Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.”

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check the dataset page for Crown copyright, third-party exceptions, revisions, and beta endpoint changes.

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JSONCSVREST API

Official source

DS-025Cities & Mobility · United Kingdom · LondonLive data

Transport for London

Transport for London Unified API

Live London transport API

A unified live API for routes, arrivals, status, disruption, journeys, fares, stops, roads, and cycle hire.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How does one line disruption propagate delay through an entire city's interchange network?”

UPDATE: Live with the transport systems
COVERAGE: United Kingdom · London public transport and roads
ACCESS: Free registration / access token
LICENSE / TYPE: TfL Transport Data Service Licence, based on OGL 2.0 with amendments

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Display “Powered by TfL Open Data” plus the required OS and Geomni notices in the terms.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Reread the changeable terms before release; check registration, the 500-calls-per-minute limit, brand rules, and exclusions for scraped website data.

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JSONXMLREST API

Official source

DS-026Economy & Business · FranceHistorical data

INSEE

INSEE BDM SDMX Service

French official time-series API

A free SDMX 2.1 service for indices and long time series in the BDM database, including multi-series queries by identifier.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do mismatched inflation, wages, and rents reshape household budgets across France?”

UPDATE: Daily
COVERAGE: France · economy, society, population, and local statistics
ACCESS: No-login SDMX REST
LICENSE / TYPE: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit “Source: Insee,” dataset name, latest update date, and URL.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check the idbank, seasonal-adjustment basis, revision date, and third-party marks; disclose transformations.

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SDMX-XMLCSVREST API

Official source

DS-027Economy & Business · GermanyHistorical data

Destatis

GENESIS-Online API

German federal statistics API

Free access to the full GENESIS-Online table stock through configured downloads or automated REST/JSON queries.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Do the energy transition, industrial output, and employment move together in Germany's manufacturing regions?”

UPDATE: As official tables are released
COVERAGE: Germany · federal tables and regional data
ACCESS: No-registration REST / downloads
LICENSE / TYPE: Data Licence Germany – Attribution – Version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2-0)

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Name the provider, licence and link, and dataset URI; indicate modifications.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Verify the current API address, POST/GET method, table status, and any separate licence for geospatial basemaps.

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JSONCSVXLSXREST API

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DS-028Population & Development · FinlandHistorical data

Statistics Finland

Statistics Finland PxWeb

Finland's open statistical database

Free statistical databases and geospatial interfaces spanning national, municipal, postal-code, and map-grid detail.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How are ageing and job access redrawing the survival map of Finland's small towns?”

UPDATE: Continuously updated · table-specific
COVERAGE: Finland · national, municipal, postal-code, and grid data
ACCESS: No-login PxWeb API
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 4.0

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Statistics Finland, table title, URL, access date, and changes.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Some table IDs, variable codes, and value codes changed after June 8, 2026; rebuild queries and check table lifecycle before release.

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JSON-statJSONCSVPXXLSX

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DS-029Economy & Business · NorwayHistorical data

Statistics Norway

Statbank Norway API v2

Norway's national statistics API

PxWeb API v2 exposes all Statbank tables through stable URLs, powerful filters, and metadata, up to 800,000 cells per extract.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do oil wealth, regional jobs, and household migration reshape Norway's north–south divide?”

UPDATE: Continuous · official releases often at 08:00
COVERAGE: Norway · 7,500 official tables
ACCESS: No registration · 30 requests/minute
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 4.0

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Statistics Norway / SSB, table number, access date, and modifications.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check structural changes, discontinued or replacement tables, revision windows, the 800,000-cell cap, and rate limits.

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JSON-stat2CSVPXXLSXAPI

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DS-030Economy & Business · NetherlandsHistorical data

Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

CBS StatLine Open Data

Netherlands StatLine open data

Every StatLine dataset is machine-readable open data, with a standard API for smaller queries and feeds for bulk retrieval.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do housing shortages, commuting, and household size push Dutch neighborhoods toward different densities?”

UPDATE: As StatLine tables are released
COVERAGE: Netherlands · economy, society, housing, transport, and regions
ACCESS: No-login OData / bulk feed
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 4.0, subject to the selected StatLine entry

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Statistics Netherlands / CBS, table title and identifier, and link the table.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check the entry's licence, redesign or replacement notices, the standard API's 10,000-cell cap, and third-party material.

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ODataJSONCSVBulk feed

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DS-031Population & Development · AustraliaHistorical data

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics Data API

Australian official statistics API

Custom queries over detailed economic, social, and census statistics, with CSV, UpdatedAfter, and a new base URL since the 2024 update.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“When do resource towns and major cities begin to diverge in living costs and population structure?”

UPDATE: Loaded after release embargoes · beta
COVERAGE: Australia · economic, social, and census data
ACCESS: No login / no API key
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 4.0 except logos, trademarks, microdata, third-party content, and named brands

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit the Australian Bureau of Statistics, product title, release date, and URL following ABS citation guidance.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

The API remains beta, may lag the latest release, and can change; compare against the formal ABS release and exclude excepted material.

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SDMX-JSONSDMX-XMLCSVREST API

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DS-032Population & Development · New ZealandHistorical data

Stats NZ

Stats NZ API Portal

New Zealand official statistics API

Machine-readable access to products including Aotearoa Data Explorer; registration and a subscription key are required, with commercial reuse allowed.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How are migration, housing, and ethnicity shifting the population center beyond Auckland?”

UPDATE: As official releases are published
COVERAGE: New Zealand · population, economy, labour, society, and environment
ACCESS: Free registration / API key
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 4.0 for API Portal content

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Use Stats NZ's prescribed written attribution, not its logo; adapted work must say it is based on Stats NZ data.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check the selected API product, key security, anti-reidentification conditions, currency, and specific copyright exceptions.

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JSONCSVREST API

Official source

DS-033Population & Development · JapanHistorical data

e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan

Japan e-Stat API

Japan government statistics API

Machine access to e-Stat database tables by topic, geography, and table dimension after obtaining a free application ID.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Where do depopulation, vacant homes, and ageing first create a chain reaction across Japanese municipalities?”

UPDATE: As publishing ministries update their data
COVERAGE: Japan · government tables and regional grids
ACCESS: Free registration / application ID
LICENSE / TYPE: Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use 2.0, compatible with CC BY 4.0; raw numerical data is not copyrighted

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit “Source: Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan (e-Stat)”; public API applications must also display API credit.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check the responsible ministry, third-party content, table update time, and API terms; do not transfer or lend the application ID.

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JSONXMLCSVREST API

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DS-034Cities & Mobility · SingaporeLive data

Singapore Government / data.gov.sg

data.gov.sg APIs

Singapore government open-data APIs

Government datasets and collection APIs spanning live weather and transport signals plus housing, population, and public-service archives.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do rainfall, congestion, and transit waiting amplify one another within an hour in a tropical city?”

UPDATE: Dataset-specific · includes live and high-frequency feeds
COVERAGE: Singapore · transport, weather, housing, environment, and public services
ACCESS: Public API · free account for higher limits
LICENSE / TYPE: Singapore Open Data Licence 1.0

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Conspicuously name the dataset, access date, source, and link the latest licence.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check each dataset's frequency, personal data, third-party rights, patents or trademarks, and extra conditions; do not imply official status.

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JSONCSVGeoJSONAPI

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DS-035Society & Public Life · IndiaHistorical data

Government of India / NIC

Open Government Data Platform India

India's government open-data platform

A cross-government catalog spanning agriculture, health, transport, education, environment, and the economy, with resource-level access and frequency notes.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do public infrastructure, farm output, and extreme weather explain regional development gaps across India?”

UPDATE: Dataset-specific
COVERAGE: India · central and state government data across topics
ACCESS: Public downloads; some APIs need a free key
LICENSE / TYPE: Government Open Data License – India

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Explicitly name the provider, source, licence, and dataset DOI, URL, or URI.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Confirm the selected resource is marked GODL; check personal information, third-party rights, national emblems, sensitive military data, and provider conditions.

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CSVJSONXMLAPI

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DS-036Society & Public Life · TaiwanLive data

Ministry of Digital Affairs, Taiwan

Taiwan Government Open Data Platform

Taiwan government open-data platform

A machine-readable central and local government catalog containing high-frequency transport and environmental feeds plus long-run administrative statistics.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do air quality, commuting, and healthcare access form different maps of everyday risk across the island?”

UPDATE: Dataset-specific · includes high-frequency APIs
COVERAGE: Taiwan · transport, health, environment, education, and public affairs
ACCESS: Public downloads / APIs; authentication stated per item
LICENSE / TYPE: Open Government Data License, version 1.0

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Use the prescribed attribution naming the provider, year, dataset and version, with a licence link.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check the actual provider, item licence, authentication, third-party rights, and current resource URL; item-specific terms control.

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JSONCSVXMLAPI

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DS-037Economy & Business · SwedenHistorical data

Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Statistics Sweden PxWeb API v2

Sweden's statistical database API

PxWeb API v2, launched in 2025, exposes every Statistical Database table through stable URLs with extracts up to 150,000 cells.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do childcare, labour participation, and regional house prices shape Swedish family migration?”

UPDATE: Continuously updated and corrected
COVERAGE: Sweden · official statistics and some other agencies
ACCESS: No login · 30 calls per 10 seconds
LICENSE / TYPE: CC0 1.0 for SCB open statistics and open geodata

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Not legally required; “Source: Statistics Sweden” is recommended. Credit another agency when the table names it as source.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check source fields, correction notices, the 150,000-cell cap, and rate limits; do not claim an official partnership with SCB.

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JSON-stat2CSVPXAPI

Official source

DS-038Agriculture & Food · GlobalHistorical data

FAO

FAOSTAT

Global food and agriculture statistics

Long-run global series from crops, trade, and prices to land, emissions, nutrition, and food security, with a unified API portal launched in 2026.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“After a climate shock, which countries first show a chain reaction across yields, imports, and food prices?”

UPDATE: By domain and release calendar
COVERAGE: Global · 245+ countries and territories · 1961–present
ACCESS: No-login bulk; API developer portal
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 4.0 by default plus FAO Statistical Database Terms; metadata exceptions control

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Use FAO's citation format with year, database or dataset, access date, URL, and “Licence: CC-BY-4.0.”

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check metadata for third-party conditions; do not use data for commercial promotion, imply FAO endorsement, de-anonymize, or misrepresent it.

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JSONCSVXMLAPIBulk

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DS-039Culture & Knowledge · GlobalLive data

Wikimedia / Wikidata

Wikidata

Live collaborative knowledge graph

An open graph connecting people, places, works, institutions, and facts, available by entity, query service, recent-change stream, or full dump.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Which cities, people, or cultures remain only sparsely connected in the world's knowledge graph?”

UPDATE: Continuously edited · live change stream
COVERAGE: Global · 120M+ entities · multilingual
ACCESS: No-login SPARQL / REST / dumps
LICENSE / TYPE: CC0 1.0

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Not legally required; “Data from Wikidata” with a project link is recommended.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check references, qualifiers, ranks, and timestamps; follow User-Agent, rate-limit, and 429 Retry-After guidance, and verify claims independently.

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SPARQLJSONRDFJSON-LDDumps

Official source

DS-040Cities & Mobility · GlobalLive data

OpenStreetMap Foundation

OpenStreetMap Planet Data

Open global map database

A community-maintained global geodatabase with weekly planet files, minute replication diffs, and history for infrastructure and mapping-equity stories.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Which neighborhoods have denser mapped roads, shops, and public amenities—and which remain invisible?”

UPDATE: Minute diffs · weekly full planet
COVERAGE: Global roads, buildings, amenities, boundaries, and history
ACCESS: No-login downloads · full files are large
LICENSE / TYPE: Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 (ODbL)

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Display “© OpenStreetMap contributors,” make the ODbL clear, and follow OSMF attribution guidance for the medium.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Determine whether you created a derived database and owe share-alike; do not place heavy traffic on restricted OSM.org tiles or APIs, and review contributor notices.

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PBFOSM XMLOSCHistory dump

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DS-041Nature & Biodiversity · GlobalLive data

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

GBIF Occurrence API

Global species occurrence records

Museum, research, and citizen-science records with spatial, temporal, taxonomic, and licence filters; bulk downloads receive a citable DOI.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“After urban expansion, which species observations move outward—and where did observer effort simply change?”

UPDATE: Continuously ingested from publishers
COVERAGE: Global · specimens, observations, and occurrences
ACCESS: Search without login; free account for bulk downloads
LICENSE / TYPE: Per dataset: CC0, CC BY, or CC BY-NC; this library recommends filtering to CC0 / CC BY for open reuse

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Cite the GBIF download DOI and follow its citation list for each publisher or dataset.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Freeze the DOI and query, exclude unsuitable CC BY-NC records, and review sensitive coordinates, sampling bias, duplicates, and geospatial uncertainty.

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JSONDarwin CoreCSVAPIDOI download

Official source

DS-042Agriculture & Food · GlobalLive data

Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts API

Global food-label database

A crowdsourced product database connecting barcodes, ingredients, nutrition, allergens, labels, Nutri-Score, and packaging; use daily exports at scale.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How much do sugar, salt, serving sizes, and package claims vary for the same breakfast food across countries?”

UPDATE: Continuously edited · daily exports
COVERAGE: Global · barcodes, ingredients, nutrition, and packaging
ACCESS: Read without login · custom User-Agent required
LICENSE / TYPE: ODbL 1.0 database, DbCL individual contents, CC BY-SA images

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Open Food Facts and the licences; share derived public databases under ODbL where required, and attribute images separately.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Separate database, content, and image rights; check package trademarks and copyright, completeness, API v3, and rate limits; send a custom User-Agent.

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JSONCSVJSONLAPIImages

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DS-043Population & Development · GlobalHistorical data

WorldPop / University of Southampton

WorldPop

Global gridded population estimates

Population grids built from census, survey, satellite, and geographic covariates for stories about access, disaster exposure, and urban expansion.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Beyond administrative borders, how does population cluster along roads, terrain, and urban edges?”

UPDATE: Annual and versioned releases
COVERAGE: Global · high-resolution national population grids
ACCESS: No-login downloads / API
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 4.0 under the WorldPop FAQ; selected item metadata controls

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit WorldPop, dataset title, version, year, URL, and access date.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check product metadata, model year, population definition, uncertainty, and covariates; do not present estimates as household-level census counts.

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GeoTIFFCSVAPIGIS

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DS-044Politics & Conflict · GlobalLive data

Uppsala Conflict Data Program

UCDP Conflict Data

Global organized-violence events

Consistently coded state conflict, non-state conflict, one-sided violence, and georeferenced events; candidate events lag by no more than about a month.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Beyond news attention, which low-intensity conflicts accumulate month by month across places, actors, and fatalities?”

UPDATE: Candidate events monthly · archives annually
COVERAGE: Global · 1946–present; event level 1989–present
ACCESS: No-login CSV; free API token by request
LICENSE / TYPE: CC BY 4.0 for current UCDP datasets

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit UCDP and cite the relevant publications and version listed for each dataset.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Freeze the version and codebook; distinguish candidate from final data and best/high/low fatality estimates. The API needs a requested token and allows 5,000 calls/day.

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CSVXLSXJSON APICodebook

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DS-045Energy & Infrastructure · GlobalLive data

NASA POWER

NASA POWER API

Global solar and meteorological energy data

Global solar-radiation and meteorological time series for energy, agriculture, and buildings, available hourly, daily, monthly, and as climatology.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Where are energy systems most fragile when solar potential, heatwaves, and electricity demand overlap?”

UPDATE: Near real time; climate-quality replacement after 2–3 months
COVERAGE: Global · 1981–present · 300+ parameters
ACCESS: No-login REST / AWS Open Data
LICENSE / TYPE: NASA-produced data is generally not subject to U.S. copyright; NASA open-data and third-party exception policies apply

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit NASA POWER with parameters or product, version, query extent, access date, and recommended citations.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check Data v10, lineage, source products, near-real-time versus climate-quality status, resolution, and third-party restrictions; respect rate limits.

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JSONCSVNetCDFZarrAPI

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DS-046Society & Public Life · United States · Los AngelesHistorical data

Los Angeles Police Department / LA Open Data

LAPD NIBRS Victims Dataset 2024 to 2025

Los Angeles NIBRS crime-victim records

Victim-level NIBRS records from LAPD's new records system, including demographics and offense details; the reporting change creates a new baseline beginning March 7, 2024.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“After the shift to NIBRS, what relationships among victims, offenses, and incidents become visible that the old reporting system missed?”

UPDATE: First published 2026-08-18 · future cadence not stated
COVERAGE: United States · Los Angeles · 2024-03-07–2025
ACCESS: No-login downloads and Socrata API
LICENSE / TYPE: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit is not legally required; recommended citation includes Los Angeles Police Department, dataset title, Socrata ID gqf2-vm2j, version date, and access date.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check revision time, field definitions, and the NIBRS codebook; do not splice pre- and post-March 7, 2024 reporting into one trend. Suppress small victim-demographic cells and avoid stigma or re-identification.

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CSVJSONXMLSocrata API

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DS-047Cities & Mobility · Australia · QueenslandHistorical data

Brisbane City Council / Queensland Rail

Queensland Rail Road Height Restrictions

Queensland low-clearance rail structures

Locations, road names, and signed clearance heights for low-clearance railway bridges and structures owned by Queensland Rail, published as downloadable geospatial data by Brisbane City Council.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do low-clearance bridges connect freight routing, city streets, and rail reliability into one risk map?”

UPDATE: Monthly · current point-in-time extract dated 2026-08-20
COVERAGE: Australia · South East Queensland · 106 structures
ACCESS: No-login downloads and Opendatasoft API
LICENSE / TYPE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Retain the official credit “© Brisbane City Council 2026 © Queensland Rail 2026,” link the dataset and CC BY 4.0, and indicate changes.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

This is a point-in-time extract dated 2026-08-20, not a permit, route assessment, or guarantee of safe passage. Before publication or travel use, verify current clearance, road conditions, works, and applicable rules with Queensland Rail.

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CSVJSONGeoJSONREST API

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DS-048Nature & Biodiversity · CanadaHistorical data

Natural Resources Canada

SCANFI v3 Canadian Fractional Landcover

Annual Canadian fractional landcover maps

Annual, wall-to-wall 30 m rasters separating water, rock, soil, burn scars, lichen, herbs, shrubs, and tree cover, plus a summary landcover classification.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Where do four decades of burn scars, shrub expansion, and canopy change reveal the clearest climate and land-use fingerprints across Canada?”

UPDATE: First published 2026-09-09 · annual layers for 1985–2025
COVERAGE: Canada · 30 m resolution · 11 fractional components plus classification
ACCESS: No-login HTTPS / FTP downloads
LICENSE / TYPE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Cite Guindon et al. (2026), Natural Resources Canada, dataset DOI 10.23687/50f132f9-f312-4951-bb9f-9ea99580f29f, and indicate changes.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Freeze layer year and file-creation date; check EPSG:3979, 30 m pixels, and the methods paper. Do not interpret fractional cover as biomass, and disclose limitations for wetlands, regenerating stands, northern training data, and understory observation.

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Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFTIFFHTTPSFTP

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DS-049Science & Health · United Kingdom · England and WalesHistorical data

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership / NATCAN

National Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Audit 2026

England and Wales lymphoma-care audit

Downloadable tables and a national clinical-audit report comparing non-Hodgkin lymphoma care with recommended practice and surfacing provider and regional differences.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“At which points do regional differences in diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up most alter the care path for people with lymphoma?”

UPDATE: Published 2026-09-11 · annual audit
COVERAGE: United Kingdom · England and Wales · non-Hodgkin lymphoma care
ACCESS: No-login XLSX tables and PDF
LICENSE / TYPE: Open Government Licence v3.0, for the scope stated on the dataset record

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, National Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Audit, the 2026 report, access date, and link OGL v3.0.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Read the tables, report methodology, and suppression rules together; check denominators, case ascertainment, risk adjustment, and small samples. Do not identify individuals or treat audit variation as direct evidence of individual prognosis or malpractice.

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XLSXPDF

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DS-050Culture & Knowledge · United Kingdom · Northern IrelandHistorical data

Historic Environment Division / OpenDataNI

Northern Ireland Logboat Record

Northern Ireland archaeological logboat locations

Geospatial records of historic logboat finds in Northern Ireland, with location accuracy classified by field verification, detailed historic evidence, or approximate waterbody or townland.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“Can logboat findspots reconnect rivers, lakes, and older settlements into a transport network hidden by modern roads?”

UPDATE: First published 2026-09-10 · future cadence not stated
COVERAGE: United Kingdom · Northern Ireland · historic logboat finds
ACCESS: No-login GeoJSON / ZIP downloads
LICENSE / TYPE: Open Government Licence v3.0

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Historic Environment Division, OpenDataNI, Logboat Record, data version, and access date, and link OGL v3.0.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Retain each record's location-accuracy class: about 10 m, about 50 m, or only the waterbody or townland. Do not present approximate points as exact archaeological sites; follow publisher and heritage guidance when mapping vulnerable locations.

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GeoJSONZIPGIS

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DS-051Society & Public Life · CanadaLive data

Health Canada

Canada Commercial Cannabis Licences

Canadian commercial cannabis applications and licences

Five open files cover cultivation, processing, medical sales, and self-identified Indigenous applicants and licence holders, with subclass, province, issue date, and status.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“From application queues to inactive licences, where did Canada's commercial cannabis industry expand or contract fastest by province and business type?”

UPDATE: Quarterly · first published 2026-09-08
COVERAGE: Canada · application queues, issuance, and status snapshots
ACCESS: No-login CSV / DataStore API
LICENSE / TYPE: Open Government Licence – Canada

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit Health Canada, dataset title, quarter or snapshot date, and access date, and link the licence; disclose modifications.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Check each of the five files' snapshot date, guide, licence-status reasons, and revision. Treat self-identified Indigenous fields carefully at aggregate level; avoid small-cell identification, stigma, or interpreting application status as unlawful conduct.

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CSVJSONDataStore APIPDF guide

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DS-052Energy & Infrastructure · Australia · QueenslandHistorical data

Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines

Queensland Granted Mining Claims

Granted mining claims in Queensland

A list of Queensland mining claims granted through MyMinesOnline; the publisher notes that reports appear only when the relevant period has a change or approval.

STORY SPARK / QUESTION TO FOLLOW

“How do newly granted mining claims overlap with towns, waterways, protected land, and commodity-price cycles?”

UPDATE: First published 2026-09-10 · refreshed when a period has reportable data
COVERAGE: Australia · Queensland · granted resource authorities
ACCESS: No-login XLSX download / CKAN API
LICENSE / TYPE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

ATTRIBUTION / REQUIRED CREDIT

Credit the State of Queensland, publishing department, List of Granted Mining Claims, and data-update date; link the source and CC BY 4.0 and indicate changes.

PRE-PUBLISH CHECK

Verify authority status, reporting period, MyMinesOnline record, and spatial boundaries. The list is not permission to enter land, environmental approval, or authority to operate a mine. A missing period may mean no change, not service failure.

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XLSXCKAN API

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FIELD METHOD

From data to story

Do not begin with a chart.
Begin with a change worth following.

01 / TRACE

Find the anomaly

Plot time before explaining it. Look for sudden turns, long divergence, and seasonality that should not be there.

02 / JOIN

Make the connection

Join events to place, policy, weather, or another timeline until correlation becomes an investigable question.

03 / LOCATE

Narrow the scale

Move from global to city, from annual to hourly. Stories often live in the local detail hidden by an average.

EDITOR'S NOTE

This is not a “best datasets” list.

It is a desk ready for work: sources are chosen for clear provenance, stable access, machine readability, and the ability to provoke an immediate question. Because endpoints and policies change, every entry keeps you close to the official source.

Before publishing, revisit the source for its license, attribution, sampling, and methodology notes.