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~~ GEOGRAPHIC DATA GURU ~~

Search library map data, a weird data shelf and the Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal from a static page.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEW! Prototype

Loading the data files...

Search by place

Pan the map, then search for records near the map center. Works in both sources.

Radius:

Local mode counts the records in the data files. Live mode uses 1 API call for each button.

Filters

Extra layers (CSV)

Load a CSV with latitude and longitude columns. Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. See the report for the Bigfoot, haunted places and UFO files.

Choose CSV

Boxes on the map are the bounding box of each result on the current page. Weird shelf entries have no box.

Results

Weird data shelf

A hand-picked list of odd or unusual datasets. It is loaded from data/weird-catalog.json, so browsing it uses no API calls, and the same entries appear in local search. Check each license before copying data into a public repository.

Theme: Use in portal:

Add a dataset to the shelf

Fill in the form, copy the result, and paste it into the "datasets" list in data/weird-catalog.json. Commit the file and GitHub Pages republishes. Nothing is saved from this page.

JSON entry