historical 12 41.7 energy-information-administration---official-energy-statistics-f 2009-04-20T00:00:00Z 11328 http://www.eia.doe.gov/ 2 2010-03-11T08:45:57Z energy,finance,forecasts,fuel,government,historical,joe:link,oil 2009-05-18T15:57:13Z 41561 2009-05-18T15:57:13Z 2009-08-07T04:15:43Z "Pete Skomoroch":http://www.datawrangling.com/ is President and Lead Consultant at Data Wrangling in Arlington, VA, a firm which specializes in mining large datasets to solve problems in search, finance, and recommendation systems. He maintains an ever-expanding (near 400 as of last count!) list of datasets which have now been incorporated into the Infochimps repository. 4 36.3 foreign-direct-investment-position-in-the-united-states-on-a-his 1254 11 2 Table 1263 of the 2008 US Statistical Abstract 2010-03-11T08:42:24Z america,census,cost,country,demographics,direct,foreign,government,historical,population census-bureau 2008-04-04T12:00:00Z U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 (127th Edition) Washington, DC, 2007; "http://www.census.gov/statab/www/":http://www.census.gov/statab/www 1 http://www.census.gov/statab/www 2010-03-11T08:50:40Z philip-flip-kromer 2008-04-04T12:00:00Z Please add a description to this source. 2 http://infochimp.org/flip 2010-03-11T08:50:40Z The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the "US Census Department":http://www.census.gov/population/www/popdata.html as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns. A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed. The tables that were changed (this is table 1263): <pre> 0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467 0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629 1144 1227 1231 </pre> This dataset consists of a table of 77 rows and 36 columns. In millions of dollars (394,911 represents $394,911,000,000). Foreign direct investment is defined as the ownership or control, directly or indirectly, by one foreign person of 10 percent or more of the voting securities of an incorporated U.S. business enterprise or the equivalent interest in an unincorporated U.S. business enterprise. Data are based on surveys of U.S. affiliates of foreign companies h3. Footnotes # Starting with 2002, included in Other Europe # Prior to 2002, included in Other Asia and Pacific # Starting with 2002, included in Other Asia and Pacific # With the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on January 1, 1979, the U.S. government recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China and acknowledged the Chinese position that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China. 2008-04-04T12:00:00Z 12846 2010-01-29T06:58:34Z 2009-08-07T04:15:43Z From the "US Census bureau":http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ bq.. The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations. p. The Infochimps repository contains the entirety of the 2008 Statistic Abstract, one dataset for each of its 1356 tables. Stock ownership rates, statistics on livestock, foreclosure frequencies -- you name it, it's in the Statistical Abstract. 3 This dataset was prepared by the government and is therefore in the public domain. There are no restrictions upon its use. 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z csv 7519 infochimps.org -1 3760 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh-csv.zip zip 11193 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z csv 7520 infochimps.org -1 3760 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh-csv.tar.bz2 tar.bz2 11193 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z yaml 7521 infochimps.org -1 3760 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh-yaml.zip zip 13277 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z yaml 7522 infochimps.org -1 3760 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh-yaml.tar.bz2 tar.bz2 13277 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z xls 7523 infochimps.org -1 3760 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh-xls.zip zip 32776 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z xls 7524 infochimps.org -1 3760 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh/statab2008_1263_ForeignDirectInvestmentPositionInTh-xls.tar.bz2 tar.bz2 32776 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 39.1 us-direct-investment-position-abroad-on-a-historical-cost-basis- 1259 11 2 Table 1268 of the 2008 US Statistical Abstract 2010-03-11T08:42:25Z america,census,cost,country,demographics,direct,government,historical,population,selected census-bureau 2008-04-04T12:00:00Z U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 (127th Edition) Washington, DC, 2007; "http://www.census.gov/statab/www/":http://www.census.gov/statab/www 1 http://www.census.gov/statab/www 2010-03-11T08:50:40Z philip-flip-kromer 2008-04-04T12:00:00Z Please add a description to this source. 2 http://infochimp.org/flip 2010-03-11T08:50:40Z The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the "US Census Department":http://www.census.gov/population/www/popdata.html as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns. A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed. The tables that were changed (this is table 1268): <pre> 0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467 0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629 1144 1227 1231 </pre> This dataset consists of a table of 84 rows and 24 columns. In millions of dollars (238,369 represents $238,369,000,000). U.S. investment abroad is the ownership or control by one U.S. person of 10 percent or more of the voting securities of an incorporated foreign business enterprise or an equivalent interest in an unincorporated foreign business enterprise. Negative position can occur when a U.S. parent company's liabilities to the foreign affiliate are greater that its equity in and loans to the foreign affiliate. For terms, see Notes sheet h3. Footnotes # Prior to 1990, West Germany only. 2008-04-04T12:00:00Z 12901 2010-01-29T06:58:34Z 2009-08-07T04:15:43Z From the "US Census bureau":http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ bq.. The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations. p. The Infochimps repository contains the entirety of the 2008 Statistic Abstract, one dataset for each of its 1356 tables. Stock ownership rates, statistics on livestock, foreclosure frequencies -- you name it, it's in the Statistical Abstract. 3 This dataset was prepared by the government and is therefore in the public domain. There are no restrictions upon its use. 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z csv 7549 infochimps.org -1 3775 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO-csv.zip zip 11592 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z csv 7550 infochimps.org -1 3775 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO-csv.tar.bz2 tar.bz2 11592 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z yaml 7551 infochimps.org -1 3775 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO-yaml.zip zip 13920 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z yaml 7552 infochimps.org -1 3775 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO-yaml.tar.bz2 tar.bz2 13920 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z xls 7553 infochimps.org -1 3775 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO-xls.zip zip 27397 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z xls 7554 infochimps.org -1 3775 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/demographics/us/statisticalabstract/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO/statab2008_1268_U_S_DirectInvestmentPositionAbroadO-xls.tar.bz2 tar.bz2 27397 2010-03-11T08:37:49Z 4.7 historical-event 2780 2 2010-03-11T08:43:46Z historical wikipediaorg 2008-04-04T12:00:00Z (Taken from "Wikipedia's 'About' page":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free content encyclopedia project. The name Wikipedia is a portmanteau (combination) of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia. Wikipedia's articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional information. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference Web sites. There are more than 75,000 active contributors working on some 9,000,000 articles in more than 250 languages. As of today, there are 2,293,986 articles in English; every day hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world make tens of thousands of edits and create thousands of new articles to enhance the knowledge held by the Wikipedia encyclopedia. (See also: Wikipedia:Statistics). 5776 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download 2010-03-11T08:50:43Z dbpedia 2008-04-04T12:00:00Z DBpedia is a community effort to extract structured information from Wikipedia and to make this information available on the Web. DBpedia allows you to ask sophisticated queries against Wikipedia and to link other datasets on the Web to Wikipedia data. DBpedia is an open community project and highly welcomes new contributors. 5777 http://wiki.dbpedia.org/Downloads 2010-03-11T08:50:43Z This dataset consists of a collection of "Infoboxes":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Infobox from "Wikipedia":http://wikipedia.org on the topic of Historical Event. 2009-05-18T15:57:13Z 39270 2009-08-07T04:31:45Z 2009-08-07T04:15:43Z From "Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Infobox bq. An infobox on Wikipedia is a consistently formatted table which is present in articles with a common subject to provide summary information consistently between articles or improve navigation to closely related articles in that subject. (An infobox is a generalization of a taxobox (from taxonomy) which summarizes information for an organism or group of organisms.) p. Wikipedia Infoboxes are the small tables that appear on the right hand side of many Wikipedia articles. They succinctly summarize the features of the article's subject, whether it be "dogs":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador_Retriever, "molecules":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose, or "fighter jets":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-16_Fighting_Falcon. The Infochimps repository contains 3382 datasets, each aggregating a particular kind of Infobox. 2 2010-03-11T08:38:11Z yaml 10975 infochimps.org 1 5492 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/huge/wikipedia/dbpedia/infobox_infobox_historical_event/infobox_infobox_historical_event-yaml.zip zip 5011 2010-03-11T08:38:11Z 2010-03-11T08:38:11Z yaml 10976 infochimps.org 1 5492 http://infochimps.org/ics/data/pkgd/huge/wikipedia/dbpedia/infobox_infobox_historical_event/infobox_infobox_historical_event-yaml.tar.bz2 tar.bz2 5011 2010-03-11T08:38:11Z 34.3 freebmd-births-marriages-and-deaths 2009-05-21T05:00:12Z 11441 http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ 2 2010-03-11T08:46:06Z births,deaths,historical,marriages,uk wwwfreebmdorguk 2009-05-21T05:00:12Z Source for dataset "FreeBMD (Births, Marriages and Deaths)" as listed by CKAN. 12695 http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ 2010-03-11T08:50:44Z ### Description From front page: "FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records." ### Openness: NOT OPEN 1. License: access for personal research purposes only. Full T&C below. 2. Access: single searches via webform. Terms and Conditions from: <http://www.freebmd.org.uk/terms.html> > Use of the FreeBMD site is subject to the following terms and conditions of use. If you wish to use the site in any manner outside these terms, you must seek permission before doing so. > 1. FreeBMD is provided free of charge for personal research purposes only. > 2. Access to the data held by FreeBMD is only permitted manually via the search page. The use of front end programs or sites to enter search parameters is strictly forbidden > 3. Data extracted from FreeBMD must not be reproduced in any form. 2009-05-21T05:00:12Z 41674 2009-05-21T05:00:12Z 2009-08-07T04:15:43Z From "their website:":http://www.ckan.net/ bq. CKAN is the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network, a registry of open knowledge packages and projects (and a few closed ones)...Those familiar with freshmeat, CPAN or PyPI can think of CKAN as providing an analogous service for open knowledge...CKAN is developed and maintained by the Open Knowledge Foundation. Both the CKAN code and data are open: free for anyone to use and reuse. To find out more check out the the CKAN project at "knowledgeforge.net":http://knowledgeforge.net CKAN is a peer in the global data commons and Infochimps is proud to be able to mirror their collection of over 300 datasets. 1 32.2 fine-rolls-of-henry-iii 2009-05-21T05:00:13Z 11443 http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/ 2 2010-03-11T08:46:07Z england,henry3,historical,medieval wwwfinerollshenry3orguk 2009-05-21T05:00:13Z Source for dataset "Fine Rolls of Henry III" as listed by CKAN. 12697 http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/ 2010-03-11T08:50:44Z ### Description From <http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/cocoon/frh3/content/about/about.html>: > The Henry III Fine Rolls Project is a three year enterprise commencing in April 2005, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. It aims to publish the Fine Rolls of Henry III from 1216 down to 1248. It is hoped that a second three year project will complete publication down to the end of the reign in 1272. > > There is a fine roll for each of Henry III's fifty-six regnal years held in the National Archives at Kew in the record series C 60. Containing offers of money to the king for a multiplicity of concessions and favours, as well as a great deal of other material, they are of the first importance for the study of political, governmental, legal, social, and economic history. ### Openness: NOT Open Details on the [copyright page](http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/cocoon/frh3/content/about/copyright.html) but in essence: * License: this depends on what one is licensing. * Original images of the rolls: copyright National Archives and "may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education" (for other uses you have to write to them and see). * Latin text itself: obviously this should be public domain but the latin text is not made available (though one might want to be cautious given Sawkins vs. Hyperion). * English translations: nothing stated regarding the copyright in these but given the addition of scholarly notes etc etc these are almost certainly copyright someone or other. * Access: direct web access to images and translations but not automated bulk access provided. 2009-05-21T05:00:13Z 41676 2009-05-21T05:00:13Z 2009-08-07T04:15:43Z From "their website:":http://www.ckan.net/ bq. CKAN is the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network, a registry of open knowledge packages and projects (and a few closed ones)...Those familiar with freshmeat, CPAN or PyPI can think of CKAN as providing an analogous service for open knowledge...CKAN is developed and maintained by the Open Knowledge Foundation. Both the CKAN code and data are open: free for anyone to use and reuse. To find out more check out the the CKAN project at "knowledgeforge.net":http://knowledgeforge.net CKAN is a peer in the global data commons and Infochimps is proud to be able to mirror their collection of over 300 datasets. 1 32.2 a-vision-of-britain-through-time 2009-05-21T05:00:14Z 11451 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ 2 2010-03-11T08:46:07Z census,historical,license-not-specified,uk wwwvisionofbritainorguk 2009-05-21T05:00:14Z Source for dataset "A Vision of Britain Through Time" as listed by CKAN. 12705 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ 2010-03-11T08:50:44Z ### Description "A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions." More focused on re-organising the data for access by locality than on enabling downloading of the raw data but have clearly put significant time and energy into data extraction. Specifically they have: * An [administrative gazetteer](http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/units/index.jsp) which includes: * Youngs' *Local Administrative Units of England* (1979 and 1991) * Melville Richards' *Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units* (1969) * The Scottish Archives Network's Gazetteer, covering counties, parishes and burghs * The National Register of Archives' *Manorial Documents Register* * [Census reports from 1801-1961](http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census/index.jsp) consisting of: * Listings of all reports published from 1801 to 1961, and all tables in those reports. Unless you ask, we list only reports and tables for which we hold data or text. * The contents of selected tables, with headings and notes. * Introductory text &#151; so far, Abstracts 1801-41, Preliminary Reports 1851-1961, and the 1911 General Report. ### Openness: NOT OPEN * License: someone, somewhere holds copyright and there's no explicit license. * Access: all data is interwoven with text, graphics etc. Basically you'd need to do some really serious roboting/parsing to get any data out of this website, but most of the data can be obtained via the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex. * bulk: no * web-api: yes (OGC web map server access) * website: yes (roboting: hard) #### License From the [license page](http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/footer/doc_text_for_title.jsp?topic=credits&seq=4): > Census data from 1961 to 2001 are © Office of National Statistics, for England and Wales, and © General Register Office, for Scotland. They also supplied our detailed maps of modern census reporting areas. > > Some of the historical photographs used within these pages are © English Heritage. > > The text interpreting statistical themes is © Humphrey Southall 2003, 2004. > > The maps created by the Land Uitlisation Survey of Great Britain are © L. Dudley Stamp/Geographical Publications Ltd, while the scanned images of these maps, for England and Wales, are © Environment Agency/DEFRA, and for Scotland © Great Britain Historical GIS. > > Many of the individual statistical datasets were computerised by academic researchers who hold copyright in the transcriptions; a future release of the system will identify these in context. The resource as a whole is © Great Britain Historical GIS Project 2004. The GBH GIS is a network of collaborating academic researchers. For details please contact Humphrey Southall. 2009-05-21T05:00:14Z 41684 2009-05-21T05:00:14Z 2009-08-07T04:15:43Z From "their website:":http://www.ckan.net/ bq. CKAN is the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network, a registry of open knowledge packages and projects (and a few closed ones)...Those familiar with freshmeat, CPAN or PyPI can think of CKAN as providing an analogous service for open knowledge...CKAN is developed and maintained by the Open Knowledge Foundation. Both the CKAN code and data are open: free for anyone to use and reuse. To find out more check out the the CKAN project at "knowledgeforge.net":http://knowledgeforge.net CKAN is a peer in the global data commons and Infochimps is proud to be able to mirror their collection of over 300 datasets. 1 38.0 midas---heritage-project 2009-05-21T05:00:52Z 11672 http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=FISH&a=get&f=/web_midasintro.htm 2 2010-03-11T08:46:26Z english,environment,heritage,historical,metadata,sharing,standards wwwjiscmailacuk 2009-05-21T05:00:52Z Source for dataset "MIDAS - Heritage project" as listed by CKAN. 12904 http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=FISH&a=get&f=/web_midasintro.htm 2010-03-11T08:50:48Z From the website: > What is MIDAS? > MIDAS sets out an agreed list of the items or 'units' of information that should be included in an inventory or other systematic record of the historic environment. These units of information are grouped together under broad headings or 'information schemes'. These cover areas such as Monument Character, Events, People and Organisation etc. It is a 'content' standard or 'metadata' standard for historic environment information. Standards for indexing under each 'unit of information' to assist retrieval of information are contained in the INSCRIPTION standard. See the FISH website for further details of INSCRIPTION. > Why is MIDAS important? > A vast body of knowledge and understanding of the historic environment is held in a wide variety of 'inventories', maintained by national bodies of record, local authorities, museums, amenity groups, individual and university based researchers. To make the best use of this store of information, especially where these resources are available on the internet, it is important there is a shared understanding of what information should be recorded. MIDAS sets out that shared understanding, based on the experience of many of the key organisations involved in the collection and dissemination of information about the historic environment. > How has MIDAS developed? > MIDAS developed during 1996-1998 from the work of a committee set up to co-ordinate standards across English national and local inventories. That work is now taken forward under the auspices of FISH, with a view to extending the MIDAS standard to be relevant to other regions in the U.K. and Ireland. > A second edition of MIDAS is now planned. You can find out more about current developments on the MIDAS updates page. > How should MIDAS be used? > MIDAS can be used to plan the content of a new inventory, for example to support a new recording project, or to audit the existing content of an inventory, and identify any useful additional information. MIDAS is designed to be an open standard, that can be applied in a variety of ways to different sorts of inventory records. > Who is MIDAS for? > MIDAS is intended to be used by a wide variety of heritage projects including: * Local societies and amenity groups. * University based research projects or individual studies. * Professional heritage managers. * National thematic study groups. > What is in MIDAS? > MIDAS contains both the standard, and a manual to assist in the application of the standard to a variety of situations, plus worked examples of how the standard can be applied. 2009-05-21T05:00:52Z 41905 2009-05-21T05:00:52Z 2009-08-07T04:15:43Z From "their website:":http://www.ckan.net/ bq. CKAN is the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network, a registry of open knowledge packages and projects (and a few closed ones)...Those familiar with freshmeat, CPAN or PyPI can think of CKAN as providing an analogous service for open knowledge...CKAN is developed and maintained by the Open Knowledge Foundation. Both the CKAN code and data are open: free for anyone to use and reuse. To find out more check out the the CKAN project at "knowledgeforge.net":http://knowledgeforge.net CKAN is a peer in the global data commons and Infochimps is proud to be able to mirror their collection of over 300 datasets. 1 229.4 measuring-worth-interest-rates---us-uk-1790-2007 2009-10-29T13:08:28Z 11892 http://measuringworth.com/ 5 false Twelve interest rate series for the United Kingdom and the United States 2010-03-11T08:46:46Z bond,british,currency,discount,dollar,england,historic,historical,inflation,interest,rates,uk,us,usa,yields 15 59 1 15 60 59 measuringworthcom 2009-10-29T13:08:09Z MeasuringWorth The mission of this site is to make available to the public the highest quality and most reliable historical data on important economic aggregates, with particular emphasis on nominal measures. The data have been created using the highest standards of the fields of economics and history and are rigorously refereed by the most distinguished researchers in the fields. Beginning with the United States and United Kingdom and continuing with Japan and China, we will continue to add series from other countries under the same high standard. The emphasis on nominal measures distinguishes this site. This is because to comprehend a past transaction or asset, one must begin with the contemporary value of the item. To make this valuation meaningful, it must be measured against the value of the appropriate economic indicator in that year. To understand the valuation from another year's perspective, one must carry that measure forward against the changing value of the indicator. Founders of MeasuringWorth Lawrence H. Officer Director of Research Samuel H. Williamson President Over the last five years the two of us have carried out research on alternative ways to compare the relative worth of things. During that time we developed several "calculators" on the web site EH.Net. In the summer of 2006 we started this site dedicated exclusively to exploring the question of how to measure worth. We continue to add to it and hope that our essay Measures of Worth and the User Guide are of help. Our own money has financed all the calculators and data sets on this site. If you would like to support our work, please make a contribution so we can continue this valuable endeavor. If you are interested in becoming our sponsor, please contact one of us. Board of Advisors Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University Stephen Broadberry, University of Warwick Greg Clark, University of California, Davis Lee Craig, North Carolina State University Price Fishback, University of Arizona C. Knick Harley, University of Oxford Angus Maddison, University of Groningen Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University Larry Neal, University of Illinois Richard Sutch, University of California, Riverside Richard Sylla, New York University Robert Whaples, Wake Forest University Jeffrey Williamson, Harvard University Gavin Wright, Stanford University Our Staff Yuliya Yurova: System Operator and Web Master 13430 http://www.measuringworth.com/ 2010-03-11T08:50:57Z What Was the Interest Rate? U.K. U.S. Short-Term: Ordinary Funds, Contemporary Series Short-Term: Ordinary Funds, Consistent Series Short-Term: Surplus Funds, Contemporary Series Short-Term: Surplus Funds, Consistent Series Long-Term: Contemporary Series Long-Term: Consistent Series Initial Year: Ending Year: "What Was the Interest Rate Then?" presents twelve interest rate series for the United Kingdom and the United States. The rates presented here are not those associated with common experiences such as obtaining a mortgage or receiving interest on a bank account, but rather they are the rates that set the tone for determining these ordinary rates. There are two short-term and one long-term series presented for each country and they are reported from both a contemporary and consistent standpoint. The series are: * United Kingdom Short-Term Interest Rates Ordinary Funds (1790-2007) Surplus Funds (1855-2007) Long-Term Interest Rate (1729-2007) * United States Short-Term Interest Rates Ordinary Funds (1831-2007) Surplus Funds (1857-2007) Long-Term Interest Rate (1798-2007) Prior to using the data presented in any of these series, we strongly recommend that you read the "Guide to What Was the Interest Rate Then?" This guide, only three pages in length, is oriented to the general reader but is also a useful summary of the interest-rate material for the scholar. The serious scholar or specialist should also read "What Was the Interest Rate Then? A Data Study." This 109-page monograph describes fully the generation and characteristics of the series in What Was the Interest Rate Then?, enables the scholar to interpret the series, and provides information permitting the scholar to alter the series as required for his or her own purposes. Citation Lawrence H. Officer, "What Was the Interest Rate Then?" MeasuringWorth, 2008. URL: http://www.measuringworth.org/interestrates/ Please read our Note on Data Revisions. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2009 MeasuringWorth. All rights reserved. This work may be copied for non-profit educational uses if proper credit is given. For other permission, please contact admin@measuringworth.org. 2009-10-29T13:08:28Z 58807 2009-11-27T23:59:20Z next-generation-radar-nexrad-locations 2009-12-16T06:56:59Z 12051 11 http://data.gov/details/4 2 2010-03-11T08:47:15Z archive,download,events,federal,flood,historical,hurricane,mean,precipitation,radar,radial,rainrate,reflectivity,scans,spectrum,storm,tornado,velocity,weather,wsr-88d 0 2 1 2 73 1 datagov 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. 13439 http://data.gov 2010-03-11T08:50:57Z national-weather-service 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z (from "Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service) The National Weather Service (NWS), once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. It is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. The NWS is tasked with providing weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. This is done through a collection of national and regional centers, and 122 local weather forecast offices (WFOs). Since the NWS is a government agency, most of its products are in the public domain and available free of charge.} 13442 http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ 2010-03-11T08:50:57Z This geospatial rendering of weather radar sites gives access to an historical archive of Terminal Doppler Weather Radar data and is used primarily for research purposes. The archived data includes base data and derived products of the National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Surveillance Radar 88 Doppler (WSR-88D) next generation (NEXRAD) weather radar. Weather radar detects the three meteorological base data quantities: reflectivity, mean radial velocity, and spectrum width. From these quantities, computer processing generates numerous meteorological analysis products for forecasts, archiving and dissemination. There are 159 operational NEXRAD radar systems deployed throughout the United States and at selected overseas locations. At the Radar Operations Center (ROC) in Norman OK, personnel from the NWS, Air Force, Navy, and FAA use this distributed weather radar system to collect the data needed to warn of impending severe weather and possible flash floods; support air traffic safety and assist in the management of air traffic flow control; facilitate resource protection at military bases; and optimize the management of water, agriculture, forest, and snow removal. This data set is jointly owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, and Department of Defense. Additional facts from "data.gov":http://data.gov h3. Dataset Summary * Date Released: 1991 * Date Updated: Irregular as needed * Time Period: 1991 to present * Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw Data Catalog * Frequency: Between 4 and 10 minutes * Specialized Data Category Designation: Geospatial h3. Contributing Agency Information * Citation: Historical NEXRAD and TDWR Radar Data * Agency Program Page: "http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html":http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html * Agency Data Series Page: "http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radarresources.html":http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radarresources.html h3. Miscellaneous Facts * Additional Metadata: "http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radarproducts.html":http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radarproducts.html * FGDC Compliance (Geospatial Only): Yes 2009-12-16T06:56:59Z 59275 2009-12-16T06:56:59Z 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. 8 This dataset was prepared by the government and is therefore in the public domain. There are no restrictions upon its use. 2010-03-11T08:38:38Z kml 15101 http 15529 2 http://data.gov/download/4/kml zip 8192 2010-03-11T08:38:38Z severe-weather-data-svrgis-gis-data 2009-12-16T06:57:04Z 12081 11 http://data.gov/details/51 2 County Warning Area 2010-03-11T08:47:21Z alert,area,county,download,environment,federal,forecast,funnel,historical,paths,severe,shapefile,storms,thunderstorms,tornado,twister,warning,warnings,watches,weather 0 2 1 2 73 1 datagov 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. 13439 http://data.gov 2010-03-11T08:50:57Z national-weather-service 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z (from "Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service) The National Weather Service (NWS), once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. It is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. The NWS is tasked with providing weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. This is done through a collection of national and regional centers, and 122 local weather forecast offices (WFOs). Since the NWS is a government agency, most of its products are in the public domain and available free of charge.} 13442 http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ 2010-03-11T08:50:57Z The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) routinely collects reports of severe weather and compiles them with public access from the database called SeverePlot (Hart and Janish 1999) with a Graphic Information System (GIS). The composite SVRGIS information is made available to the public primarily in .zip files of approximately 50MB size. The files located at the access point have organized severe weather data by County Warning Area (CWA). A CWA is a grouping of counties for which severe weather information is distributed. Although available to all, the data provided may be of particular value to weather professionals and students of meteorological sciences. An instructional manual is provided on how to build and develop a basic severe weather report GIS database in ArcGis and is located at the technical documentation site contained in this metadata catalog. Additional facts from "data.gov":http://data.gov h3. Dataset Summary * Date Released: unknown * Date Updated: 2007 * Time Period: annual * Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw Data Catalog * Frequency: annual * Specialized Data Category Designation: Geospatial h3. Contributing Agency Information * Citation: "http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=svrgis":http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=svrgis * Agency Program Page: "http://www.srh.noaa.gov/gis/kml/":http://www.srh.noaa.gov/gis/kml/ * Agency Data Series Page: "http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/spcrss.xml":http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/spcrss.xml h3. Miscellaneous Facts * FGDC Compliance (Geospatial Only): Yes 2009-12-16T06:57:04Z 59332 2009-12-16T06:57:04Z 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. 8 This dataset was prepared by the government and is therefore in the public domain. There are no restrictions upon its use. 2010-03-11T08:38:38Z esri 15128 http 15556 2 http://data.gov/download/51/esri zip 6920601 2010-03-11T08:38:38Z database-of-tornado-large-hail-and-damaging-wind-reports-1950-20 2009-12-16T06:58:01Z 12373 11 http://data.gov/details/46 2 2010-03-11T08:48:23Z damage,download,environment,federal,funnel,hail,historical,reported,severe,shapefile,storms,thunderstorms,tornado,twister,weather,wind 0 2 1 2 73 1 datagov 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. 13439 http://data.gov 2010-03-11T08:50:57Z national-weather-service 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z (from "Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service) The National Weather Service (NWS), once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. It is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. The NWS is tasked with providing weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. This is done through a collection of national and regional centers, and 122 local weather forecast offices (WFOs). Since the NWS is a government agency, most of its products are in the public domain and available free of charge.} 13442 http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ 2010-03-11T08:50:57Z The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) routinely collects reports of severe weather and compiles them with public access from the database called SeverePlot (Hart and Janish 1999) with a Geographic Information System (GIS). The composite SVRGIS information is made available to the public primarily in .zip files of approximately 50MB size. The files located at the access point contain composite track information regarding tornados, large hail, and damaging winds for the period 1950-2006. Although available to all, the data provided may be of particular value to weather professionals and students of meteorological sciences. An instructional manual is provided on how to build and develop a basic severe weather report GIS database in ArcGis and is located at the technical documentation site contained in this metadata catalog. Additional facts from "data.gov":http://data.gov h3. Dataset Summary * Date Released: unknown * Date Updated: Annual * Time Period: Annual * Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw Data Catalog * Frequency: Annual * Specialized Data Category Designation: Geospatial h3. Contributing Agency Information * Citation: "http://www.srh.noaa.gov/gis/kml/":http://www.srh.noaa.gov/gis/kml/ * Agency Program Page: "http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=svrgis":http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=svrgis * Agency Data Series Page: "http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=svrgis":http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=svrgis h3. Miscellaneous Facts * Additional Metadata: "http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=svrgis":http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=svrgis * FGDC Compliance (Geospatial Only): Yes 2009-12-16T06:58:01Z 59905 2009-12-16T06:58:01Z 2009-12-16T06:56:32Z The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. 8 This dataset was prepared by the government and is therefore in the public domain. There are no restrictions upon its use. 2010-03-11T08:38:40Z esri 15409 http 15837 2 http://data.gov/download/46/esri zip 9751756 2010-03-11T08:38:40Z