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Ask HN: Where I can get free data?

3 points by matysanchez 12y ago

I am looking to create some examples with D3, and I need some free data. For example: historical price of oil, weather in X city, etc. Is there any website with tons of free data?

danso 12y ago
For climate data, the U.S. NOAA is probably the go-to stop: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/ http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/ I know lots of other data sources, but don't feel it's worth your while for me to list them...just because data exists somewhere doesn't mean that it's easy to understand and/or easy to publish...but I can point you to a couple of places where you can talk to others and get advice on it: The OpenData StackExchange: http://opendata.stackexchange.com/ http://opendata.stackexchange.com/ And the datasets subreddit: http://reddit.com/r/datasets http://reddit.com/r/datasets And of course, there is the visualization subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful
maxerickson 12y ago
EIA has all sorts of data sets focused on energy: http://www.eia.gov/ http://www.eia.gov/
mindcrime 12y ago
http://datasets.reddit.com http://datasets.reddit.com http://opendata.reddit.com http://opendata.reddit.com http://www.quora.com/Data-Visualization/What-are-some-interesting-public-datasets-to-visualize?share=1 http://www.quora.com/Data-Visualization/What-are-some-intere... http://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-large-datasets-open-to-the-public?share=1 http://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-large-datasets-open-to... http://www.bea.gov/ http://www.bea.gov/ http://www.data.gov/ http://www.data.gov/ http://academictorrents.com/ http://academictorrents.com/ https://snap.stanford.edu/data/ https://snap.stanford.edu/data/
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taurenk 12y ago
Here's a good spot if your looking for some US Healthcare data: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/ http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/
matysanchez 12y ago
Nice links you share with me. Thank you everybody!

3 points by matysanchez 12y ago

I am looking to create some examples with D3, and I need some free data. For example: historical price of oil, weather in X city, etc. Is there any website with tons of free data?

danso 12y ago

For climate data, the U.S. NOAA is probably the go-to stop: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/ http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/ I know lots of other data sources, but don't feel it's worth your while for me to list them...just because data exists somewhere doesn't mean that it's easy to understand and/or easy to publish...but I can point you to a couple of places where you can talk to others and get advice on it: The OpenData StackExchange: http://opendata.stackexchange.com/ http://opendata.stackexchange.com/ And the datasets subreddit: http://reddit.com/r/datasets http://reddit.com/r/datasets And of course, there is the visualization subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful

maxerickson 12y ago

EIA has all sorts of data sets focused on energy: http://www.eia.gov/ http://www.eia.gov/

mindcrime 12y ago

http://datasets.reddit.com http://datasets.reddit.com http://opendata.reddit.com http://opendata.reddit.com http://www.quora.com/Data-Visualization/What-are-some-interesting-public-datasets-to-visualize?share=1 http://www.quora.com/Data-Visualization/What-are-some-intere... http://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-large-datasets-open-to-the-public?share=1 http://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-large-datasets-open-to... http://www.bea.gov/ http://www.bea.gov/ http://www.data.gov/ http://www.data.gov/ http://academictorrents.com/ http://academictorrents.com/ https://snap.stanford.edu/data/ https://snap.stanford.edu/data/

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taurenk 12y ago

Here's a good spot if your looking for some US Healthcare data: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/ http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/

matysanchez 12y ago

Nice links you share with me. Thank you everybody!