Spatial Units

The R packages ags and bonn facilitate access to German municipal data, utilizing BBSR’s crosswalks for time series construction and linking to the INKAR database.

AreaMatch is a geospatial unit linker. The tool provides replicable code for linking overlapping units using three methods (centroid, areal, and interpolation), evaluating their differences and impact on research questions.

CShapes 2.0 is a geospatial dataset mapping state borders, capitals, and changes from 1886-2019, with two versions based on Gleditsch-Ward or Correlates of War coding, downloadable in various formats via R package.

Demscore is a platform that offers free, harmonized data from major global datasets on various topics through an intuitive interface, facilitating research and analysis for political scientists.

The tool “nutscoder” uses Twitter users’ free text locations to assign geographic coordinates, enabling researchers to link tweets with external data sources and conduct regional analyses.

SoRa is an infrastructure linking data from various sources, enabling interoperability between GESIS, SOEP, and IOER-Monitor datasets for Germany via open interfaces, with SoRa+ expanding this capacity for long-term use.

SUNGEO is a geospatial data archive providing integrated tools for researchers to analyze subnational data across various scales, contexts, and variables, enhancing knowledge on societal development, prosperity, and change.