What's New - October 2002
Site of the Month: GeoCommunity
If you're interested in GIS and ways to map your data, you'll
definitely want to check out October's Site of the Month:
GeoCommunity. Proclaiming itself to be the "premier
resource for GIS and geospatial data", GeoCommunity's GIS data
depot offers a comprehensive, easy to use catalog for finding a wide
range of GIS data, down to the county and block group levels.
While many datasets are available only for sale, this advertising-supported site
offers free access to many files. The site is
especially useful because it assembles files from a variety of public
and private sources in its listings. And if you have a budget
for GIS data, you'll find GeoCommunity to be a fantastic data shopping
mall, with a cornucopia of geophysical and socioeconomic data and
files, satellite photographs and other geographic resources. Pay
a visit to:
http://data.geocomm.com/
New Links Added
Research and development activity has long been recognized as an important source of national economic growth, but in recent years a number of economic researchers have called attention to the role of R&D in stimulating local and regional economies. A wealth of data collected by a number of agencies provide analysts with material for assessing local R&D proficiency and investment trends. You'll find interesting collections from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Science Foundation, and National Institutes of Health, and a series of useful compilations generated by our prolific friends at the State Science and Technology Institute. Take a look at these sites.
American
Association for the Advancement
of Science
State
Profiles of Federal R&D
Detailed state profiles of federal R&D obligations and
expenditures, by agency, for the state as a whole, each class of
R&D performer, and each
research institution, 1970-latest year.
http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/rd/states.htm
National
Science Foundation
R&D
Expenditures by State
By performing sector and source of funding, 1987-1998, see Table 6.
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf01309/start.htm
Federal
R&D Obligations
Federal R&D obligations by agency and performing sector, for
states, 2000
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf02321/sectc.htm#geographic
National
Institutes of Health
R&D
Support in Health
Research grants, R&D contracts, and training awards from NIH, for
100 cities,
fiscal year 2001.
http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/citytop100fy01.htm
State
Science & Technology Institute
Federal
R&D Obligations
Federal R&D obligations, by state, 2000
http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/062102t.htm
R&D
Intensity
R&D Intensity (R&D performance/Gross State Product), 1998
http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/042001t.htm
Industry-Financed
Academic R&D Expenditures
Industry-Financed Academic R&D Expenditures, including R&D
expenditures per capita, 1993, 2000
http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/010402t2.htm
Academic
R&D Expenditures
Academic R&D Expenditures, including R&D expenditures per
capita, 1993, 2000
http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/010402t.htm
Industrial
R&D Intensity
Industrial R&D intensity (industrial R&D/Gross State Product)
by state, 1997-1999. (April 2002)
http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/041202t.htm
On Fire
It's been a brutal fire season in the West this year, with especially serious fires in Colorado and Oregon. As with other issues, we at EconData.Net always like to try to quantify these events, and sure enough, we found that the hardworking folks at the National Interagency Fire Center track state-by-state the number and extent of wildland fires and associated injuries and fatalities for the U.S. You'll also find good maps of fire-damaged areas. Our quick guide to their resources highlights the following:
Wildland
Fires
Current and historical data and maps on wildland fires in the U.S.
http://www.nifc.gov/
Current
Wildland
Fire Statistics
Daily and year-to-date statistics by state, including number of fires and
acreage.
http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html
Historically
Significant Wildland Fires
Annual wildland fire reports, and list of historically significant
wildland fires.
http://www.nifc.gov/stats/
Wildland
Fire Injuries and Fatalities
Query-based access, by state and location.
http://www.nifc.gov/reports/
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