You can't make a map without data. A wealth of free and publicly-accessible geospatial data exists on thousands of independent websites scattered around the world, but tracking down these websites can be a challenge.
Geolode is a collaborative catalog of open geodata websites around the world, searchable and browseable by location, topic, and other tags, so that searchers can quickly focus on the most relevant websites for their geodata needs.
Geolode.org was launched at FOSS4G 2014 to help bring order to the chaos of the web by collecting and organizing information about websites that distribute geospatial data. The project was started by Keith Jenkins, the GIS Librarian at Cornell University's Mann Library, and is maintained by a small but growing group of volunteers:
Are you are interested in joining our community of contributors, adding new websites, enhancing their descriptions, and making Geolode the most comprehensive directory of open geospatial data sources on the web? If so, please see the Geolode documentation to learn more about the project and how to get involved!
Just want to suggest a new geodata source? Send a tweet to @geolode.
