This dataset contains predictions of whether temperature inversions will occur at locations in Allegheny County. This dataset is still under active development and should be considered to be in "beta". Motivation Temperature inversions occur when there is a warmer layer of air above the air at or near ground level....

This data is harvested daily from the Goddard Earth Observing System composition forecast (GEOS-CF). We are obtaining NASA's predictions for the next five days (at hourly intervals) for three air quality parameters: carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and fine particulate matter (PM2.5). This dataset is...

This dataset contains lists of various kinds of assets (open prior to or as of March 1, 2020), derived from a variety of local, state, and federal data sources. Not all of this data has been verified. Some geocoding is either missing or incorrect. Improvements and updates are pending. This data was assembled to...

This dataset is now archived and purely historical. The state of Pennsylvania stopped updating the source data at the end of June, 2023. Weekly archive of some State of Pennsylvania datasets found in this list: https://data.pa.gov/browse?q=vaccinations For most of these datasets, the "date_saved" field is the date...

From NASA's Cooperative Open Online Landslide Repository (COOLR). The Cooperative Open Online Landslide Repository (COOLR) is a worldwide database of landslide events. It currently includes NASA’s Global Landslide Catalog (GLC) and landslide events contributed by citizen scientists. In a future release of COOLR,...

Lenten Fish Fry records for the Greater Pittsburgh region. Data is collected before and during the Lenten fish fry season each year by Code for Pittsburgh. Data is sourced from news outlets, social media, and public requests.

Boundaries of current public water supplier's (PWS) service areas from PA Department of Environmental Projection open data portal. This data set contains the present service area boundary of the water system and does not contain locations of surface and groundwater sources, storage facilities, transmission and...

Data about the usage of the WPRDC site and its various datasets, obtained by combining Google Analytics statistics with information from the WPRDC's data portal. This data is no longer updating, as we've stopped using Google Analytics, but we are working on a new dataset which will publish statistics from our new...

Indicators used in community profiles - see https://profiles.wprdc.org/housing

We often create dioramas from LEGO bricks for use with our presentations, blogs, and social media posts. We find it's much more fun and effective to reenact meetings and other scenes than to try and use real-life images. It also saves us from the hassle of worrying about receiving permission to use a person's photo...

test of Pittsburgh Today regional housing data

This dataset contains data pertaining to parcel lead risk. These data were generated primarily for use in Parcels N'at.

This is a collection of data on the availability and state of Internet connections by location in Pennsylvania. Each of the resources includes in its description a link to the source of the data.

Maps of US Census Bureau boundaries for select geographies in Pennsylvania. From https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.2021.html#list-tab-1883739534

Most of the text in this description originally appeared on the Mapping Inequality Website. Robert K. Nelson, LaDale Winling, Richard Marciano, Nathan Connolly, et al., “Mapping Inequality,” American Panorama, ed. Robert K. Nelson and Edward L. Ayers, "HOLC staff members, using data and evaluations organized by...

We’ve been asked to create measures of communities that are “walkable” for several projects. While there is no standard definition of what makes a community “walkable”, and the definition of “walkability” can differ from person to person, we thought an indicator that explores the total length of available sidewalks...

Parcel centroids in Allegheny County. Centroids created by the Western PA Regional Data Center using County parcel shapes found on PASDA or WPRDC. Centroids have been drawn within the parcel boundary in most cases. The Data Center also appended a number of geographic codes to the data, including 2010 Census Blocks,...

Data used to link profiles with data in the data center.

As the situation is changing quickly, we're just listing here some links to local and statewide information pertaining to the COVID-19 epidemic. Support for Health Equity datasets and tools provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) through their Health Equity Initiative.

These files contain mappings of various objects to their spatial coordinates for use in geocoding.