Data Skills in Geography – Useful Links

An excellent list of data sources can be found here.

• CHESS Dataset Explorer - CEH (NERC)

• CIA World Factbook

• Data Skills Presentation - Benjamin Newbury (TES Resources - Free) 

• Defra Rainfall API

• ESRC

• EU INSPIRE Directive

• Flood Map 

• Gapminder

• Gapminder for Teachers - Bob Lang

• GaugeMap 

• Geospatial Analysis 

• GLA London Datastore

• Government Statistical Service - effective tables and charts in official statistics

• Index Mundi

• Met Office DataPoint 

• National Climate Information Centre

• National River Flow Archive

• ONS Portal

• ONS / WJEC guide to social and economic research. Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (Welsh Baccalaureate)

• Ordnance Survey Open Data

• Our World in Data

• Population Reference Bureau

• Small area data: looking towards a 2021 census (RGS-IBG booklet) 

• Statista Infographics

• Telegraph - Africa in 100 Years

• UK Government Open Data

• UK Lakes Portal - CEH (NERC)

• Understanding Numbers - free online course (Future Learn)

• Urban Observatory App 

• Using Crime Data  

• World Bank Data

• World Health Organization

 

Relevant articles

'Know your geography: quantitative skills aren’t just about maths' by Dr Rita Gardner, from Times Higher Education

'It's not only maths students who need a solid grasp of statistics' by Prof Paul Glaister, University of Reading, from Times Higher Education

Sounds of the City, by Chris Fitch, from Geographical

 

External resources

Geospatial Analysis - A comprehensive guide

Teaching Geography in a Digital World, by Paul Turner (free download from the iTunes store)

OCR GCSE (9-1) Geographical Skills - Maps to be studied
OCR GCSE (9-1) Geographical Skills - Graphs and charts
Edexcel Geography Fieldwork Guide

Field Studies Council Fieldwork resources

 

Event presentations

Below (and also in the downloads box) are a selection of presentations from events that have taken place as part of the Data Skills in Geography project

• Google / QGIS Presentation by Paul Turner, Head of Geography, Bedales School

• 'Mobile Apps for Fieldwork' by Dr James Millington (King's College London)

• 'Fieldwork Apps - FieldTrip GB' by Dr James Millington (King's College London)

• ‘Working with GPS Tracks and Points’ by Dr Jon Reades (King's College London)

• Exploring Data Skills - Rachel Oldroyd (University of Leeds)

• Dr Faith Taylor, King’s College London, Apps and Open Data for Geography