Open Sustainable Technology

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taxize

Allows users to search over many taxonomic data sources for species names (scientific and common) and download up and downstream taxonomic hierarchical information.

api api-wrapper biodiversity biology darwincore data nomenclature r r-package rstats taxize taxonomy

Biosphere - Biodiversity and Species Distribution - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 9.5

Ozone3

An open-source package to easily obtain real-time, historical, or forecasted air quality data for anywhere in the world.

air-quality air-quality-api air-quality-data air-quality-index api api-wrapper aqi aqi-readings open-source python python-package python3 python3-package waqi

Natural Resources - Air Quality - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 13.0

gfwr

R package for accessing data from Global Fishing Watch APIs.

api-wrapper mapping r

Biosphere - Marine Life and Fishery - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 5.8

rvertnet

An R Wrapper to the VertNet API, a collaborative project that makes biodiversity data free and available on the web.

api-wrapper biodiversity r r-package rstats specimen spocc vertnet

Biosphere - Biodiversity and Species Distribution - Last synced: 10 May 2024 - Ranking: 12.0

eiapy

A simple wrapper for the U.S. Energy Information Administration API.

api-wrapper eia energy-data python

Energy Systems - Energy System Data Access - Last synced: 10 May 2024 - Ranking: 9.4

giscoR

An R API package that helps to retrieve data from Eurostat Geographic Information System of the Commission.

api-wrapper cran eurostat eurostat-data ggplot2 gis gisco r r-package ropengov rstats spatial thematic-maps

Sustainable Development - Data Catalogs and Interfaces - Last synced: 10 May 2024 - Ranking: 14.5

rredlist

An R client for the IUCN Red List of threatened and endangered species.

api-wrapper biodiversity conservation iucn iucn-red-list r r-package rstats taxize

Biosphere - Biodiversity and Species Distribution - Last synced: 10 May 2024 - Ranking: 5.3

worrms

A R client for the World Register of Marine Species.

api-wrapper biological-data biology fish jerico-relevant marine-biology marine-species r r-package rstats taxize taxonomy

Biosphere - Marine Life and Fishery - Last synced: 10 May 2024 - Ranking: 6.5