# Spatial data sources

## United Kingdom

  - [Ordnance survey](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html)
    - Vector maps
    - Boundaries
  - [Office of National Statistics](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/products/census/spatial/2011/index.html)
    - Output areas
    - Built-up areas
  - [Spatial Data Catalogue](http://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/catalogue/index.jsp#/catalogue)
  - [Northern Ireland open data](https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/)
  
### London 

  - London data
    - <http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/statistical-gis-boundary-files-london>
    - <http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/2011-boundary-files>
    
### Scotland

  - [Scottish Natural Heritage](https://gateway.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces/)

## New Zealand

  - [LINZ](https://data.linz.govt.nz/data/)
  - [DOC](ftp://ftp.doc.govt.nz/Public/GIS/)

## Worldwide
  
  - [Koordinates](https://koordinates.com/)
    - Good for New Zealand data too
  - [Geofabrik's OpenStreetMap extracts](http://download.geofabrik.de/)
    - Data updated daily and filtered to many areas
 
## Other useful places to visit
 
  - [GPS visualizer](http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/)
  - [Spatial reference](http://spatialreference.org/) 
  - [rastervis package notes](http://oscarperpinan.github.io/rastervis/FAQ.html)
  - [Spatial data in R: Using R as a GIS](https://pakillo.github.io/R-GIS-tutorial/) 
  - [ggplot2 and projections](http://rpsychologist.com/working-with-shapefiles-projections-and-world-maps-in-ggplot)
  - [Spatial cheatsheet](http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings/Teaching/UseR2012/cheatsheet.html)
  - [Raster data in R](http://neondataskills.org/R/Raster-Data-In-R/)
