Country Specific

Australian Business Register API for querying ABN registration status, business name and GST details for any registered entity.

Australian Bureau of Statistics SDMX-based REST API for querying census, economic and demographic statistical datasets programmatically.

Bureau of Meteorology homogenised daily maximum/minimum temperature dataset from 112 long-record Australian stations, dating to 1910.

ACT Emergency Services Agency current-incidents GeoRSS feed sourced directly from the Computer Aided Dispatch system, updated every 60 seconds.

Checks an ACT vehicle's registration details by entering a plate number.

Australian Electoral Commission register of political donations, annual and election financial disclosure returns, downloadable in bulk.

Australian Energy Market Operator's live and historical wholesale electricity market data for the National Electricity Market.

National peak body coordinating Australian and NZ fire/emergency agencies; publishes situational awareness resources and links to state warning systems.

Australia's air navigation service provider, publishing aviation weather, NOTAM and aircraft noise/flight path data.

Genealogy platform for building family trees using census, military and immigration records, with optional DNA testing.

Search ASIC's public registers for Australian companies, business names, and organisations by name, ACN, ABN, or document.

Australian Government's central publication point for procurement notices, awarded contracts and business opportunities.

Guide site suggesting social media, people-search platforms, Google queries and White Pages for finding a person in Australia.

Searchable index of over 6,300 Australian cemeteries with 3 million grave inscriptions and 1 million images.

Archived tool for checking whether a person is listed to appear before an Australian state court on a given day.

Geoscience Australia portal cataloguing over 1500 flood studies and flood maps contributed nationally, snapshot current to 2018.

Guide to researching an individual's Australian military service using the War Memorial's collection, records and enquiry service.

Bureau of Meteorology national flood warning summary page linking to current flood watches, warnings and river-height bulletins per state.

Bureau of Meteorology portal for current and historical streamflow, storage level, rainfall and water-quality time series from ~6000 stations nationally.

Bureau of Meteorology national summary of current severe weather, flood, fire weather, marine and tsunami warnings by state.

National open data catalogue aggregating thousands of federal, state and local government datasets across all sectors.

National Archives of Australia collection of over 1.5 million WWI/WWII defence and war service records, 1899-1975.

National spatial-data viewer covering geography, environment, infrastructure and demographic layers, launched as NationalMap's successor.

Geoscience Australia satellite-derived (MODIS/VIIRS/AHI) thermal hotspot detections for bushfire monitoring across Australia, updated continuously.

Geoscience Australia's public index of Digital Earth Australia satellite data hosted on AWS S3 (bucket dea-public-data).

Australian real estate portal listing residential properties for sale and rent nationwide.

Western Australian government portal for checking vehicle registration status and managing driver's licences online.

State Library of Victoria guide to finding surviving Australian census records from 1788-1901 by state.

National elevation, LiDAR and bathymetry data discovery and download portal coordinated across Australian jurisdictions.

Daily published listing of Federal Court of Australia hearings, case numbers, parties and courtrooms nationwide.

OGC WMS and WFS endpoints serving Geoscience Australia's flood study and inundation map layers from the Australian Flood Studies Database.

Australia's authoritative geocoded address database, distilling over 50 million contributed addresses into ~16 million validated physical addresses.

Geoscience Australia national earthquake monitoring service with near-real-time event map, magnitude/location details and notification feed.

Australian real estate listings site with street and suburb reviews and local Q&A alongside sale/rent data.

Joint BOM/Geoscience Australia tsunami warning centre publishing current tsunami threat bulletins and warning zone maps for Australia.

Western Australia's official land information authority portal for cadastre, aerial imagery and property data via Map Viewer Plus.

Tasmania's official land information portal providing cadastre, aerial photography, heritage and open spatial data web services.

Herald Sun's hub for searching Australian obituaries, death notices and funeral tributes.

Satellite hotspot and fire-scar mapping tool covering northern and central Australia's rangelands, widely used for savanna burning monitoring.

Search interface for the National Archives of Australia's RecordSearch database of government records.

Australian government directory of long-term missing persons profiles submitted by state and territory missing persons units.

Check nbn network status and current or planned outages at a specific Australian address.

Checks a Northern Territory-registered vehicle's registration expiry by plate number.

NSW Department of Planning and Environment air quality monitoring network data, with hourly pollutant and particulate readings statewide.

Maps NSW planning instrument zoning layers and development control plans by property address.

NSW Rural Fire Service live GeoJSON feed of current major bushfire and grassfire incidents with status and alert level.

NSW Spatial Services interactive map viewer for cadastre, imagery, topography and property information across New South Wales.

Checks a NSW vehicle's registration status, expiry, CTP insurer and recent odometer readings by plate number.

Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services near-real-time (10-15 min refresh) map of fire and emergency incidents.

Australian property research site with listings, suburb market trends, past sale prices and estimated current values.

Official verbatim transcripts of federal House of Representatives and Senate parliamentary debates, searchable and downloadable.

Australian people-finder service using deep-web and investigative search methods beyond standard search engines.

Searches current Australian council planning applications within 2km of an address and lets you subscribe to email alerts.

Public Transport Victoria's developer API for timetable, disruption and real-time journey planning data across Melbourne and regional Victoria.

Machine-readable JSON feed of current bushfire and permitted-burn incidents in Queensland, updated every 30 minutes.

Queensland Government's 3D web-based mapping application for imagery, cadastre, hazards and planning layers statewide.

Checks a Queensland vehicle's registration status, expiry and vehicle details by plate number or VIN, without owner details.

Australian real estate portal listing residential properties for sale and rent.

Paid Australian vehicle history reports by plate or VIN covering finance, write-off, theft and PPSR certificate data.

Australian rental property listings site with search filters and a shareable 'Renter Resume' application tool.

Direct JSON feed of current SA Country Fire Service incidents, sourced from the CFS CRIIMSON dispatch system.

South Australian Government spatial data viewer for cadastre, imagery and topographic layers across the state.

Queensland Government API serving Australian point climate data (rainfall, temperature and more) from 1889 to yesterday, in CSV/JSON.

Checks a South Australian vehicle or boat's registration expiry, make, colour and partial VIN by plate/registration number.

Tasmania Fire Service current bushfire incidents published on data.gov.au in KML, RSS, GeoJSON and WMS/WFS formats.

Checks a Tasmanian vehicle's registration status and expiry date by plate number.

Searchable index of over 10 million Australian death notices and obituaries from newspapers and funeral directors.

NSW Government transport open data hub providing GTFS and GTFS-Realtime feeds for trains, buses, ferries and light rail.

Victorian government authoritative spatial data catalogue (Vicmap) and interactive mapping tools including the LASSI platform.

Victorian government ArcGIS REST FeatureServer aggregating live CFA, FRV, SES and hazmat incidents including bushfires and floods.

Checks a Victorian vehicle's registration status and details like VIN, make and body type by plate number.

Western Australia DFES public incident map showing current bushfire, flood and other emergency warnings statewide.

Chinese general search engine run by 360, covering web, image, video, news and map search.

Aiqicha, Baidu's Chinese company registry search covering registration, legal representatives and risk records

ASPI think-tank search results filtered to China-related policy and security analysis

Chinese-language collaborative encyclopedia run by Baidu, similar to Wikipedia.

Baidu Tieba, a Chinese forum platform organised into topic-based discussion boards.

Official Beijing municipal government procurement portal for tender notices, laws and complaint channels.

Chinese tender and bidding aggregator listing procurement announcements, project pipelines and winning-bid notices.

Brookings Institution's aggregated analysis and research on China's security, economic and energy policy.

Chinese tender and bidding aggregator (Caizhaonet) listing procurement announcements and winning-bid notices across project stages.

ChinaFile's interactive database of 2,447 officials publicly named in China's post-2012 anti-corruption campaign

Official procurement portal for CCP Central Committee direct organs, listing framework agreements and tender notices.

Citizen Lab repository combining 13 lists of censored/sensitive Chinese keywords into a 9,054-term CSV dataset.

Chatham House's analysis of China's domestic politics, foreign policy, economic trajectory and role in global governance.

Official procurement bidding portal for China's General Administration of Customs.

China Daily, an English-language state-run newspaper covering domestic and international news

ASPI database profiling 180+ Chinese universities and institutions with defence, intelligence or military research ties, with risk ratings

China Economic Net, the English edition of state outlet Economic Daily covering domestic economic and political news

Checks in real time whether a given website is blocked by China's Great Firewall.

China Government Procurement Network, the national portal for central and local public procurement notices.

Hoover Institution topic page collecting scholar commentary on China's foreign policy and the liberal order

The Economist's China section with news and analysis on the country's economy, politics and society

The Diplomat's country feed of news and analysis on China's regional and global role

Congressional Research Service report explaining China's political system and CCP structure through diagrams.

Jamestown Foundation reference sheet cataloguing CCP, PLA, state ministry and Chinese media organisations for researchers.

CSIS project analysing China's military, economic and technological power with interactive data visualisations.

Citizen Lab GitHub CSV of WeChat keywords censored during the 2016 '709 crackdown' chat monitoring study.

CNIPA patent search system (pss-system.cponline), China's official patent database, used here for prior-art/parent patent lookups

Disclaimer/entry page for CNIPA's patent search system (pss-system), China's official patent database

CNIPA online trademark search system (wcjs.sbj.cnipa.gov.cn) for Chinese trademark registration records

CNKI mainland search portal (kns.cnki.net) for Chinese academic journals, theses, conference papers and patents

CNKI Overseas, the international portal for China's largest academic database of journals, dissertations, patents and standards

Tech review site covering VPN comparisons and guides, including coverage of sites blocked in China.

Council on Foreign Relations archive of expert analysis and reports on China's global influence, security and economy.

CSIS China Power Project page providing data-driven analysis of China's military, economic and diplomatic capabilities.

AI translation service for text and documents with glossary and tone-customisation features for businesses.

Converts between Unix epoch timestamps and human-readable dates, with per-language code examples.

Aggregates over 50,000 daily tender notices worldwide with search filters by country, sector and CPV code.

Global Times, a Chinese state-run tabloid covering geopolitics, trade and domestic events from an official viewpoint

Chinese company information search site (gongsi.com.cn) covering legal reps, shareholders and business scope by name or region

Google's text, document and image translation service across numerous languages.

Hudson Institute commentary, podcasts and research on China's military, politics and global strategy

Free OCR tool that extracts editable text from images and scanned PDFs in 128 languages.

Chinese online dating and matchmaking platform (Kanzhun/看准, run by Beijing Xiaofeng Technology)

ASPI project mapping major Chinese tech firms, their corporate structures and ties to state interests.

National Library of China catalogue and digital reading portal for books, ancient texts, journals and audio-video collections

National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, China's official government company registry lookup

Official procurement portal for the People's Bank of China, listing bidding notices and results from its head office and branches.

CASI report on the organisation and evolution of the PLA Rocket Force's missile brigades and platforms.

Air University CASI glossary translating PLA military terminology and concepts for non-Mandarin readers.

Jamestown Foundation analysis of the PLA's Office of International Military Cooperation and its role in military diplomacy.

Rest of World article on how Chinese Weibo users evade censorship with puns and homophones on topics like #MeToo.

Free tool that decodes a Chinese resident ID number into issuing region, birth date and gender

Qichacha, a Chinese corporate information platform for company, legal representative and risk data

Tencent's QQ instant messaging client and service homepage.

Commercial law firm site offering China company registration, trademark, patent and due-diligence report services

Official Shanghai municipal government procurement portal for tender notices and results.

Chinese general search engine homepage with a 100-character query limit.

South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong-based outlet covering China, Asia and global news and analysis

Tencent's Chinese online video streaming platform for movies, TV shows, anime and sport.

Global procurement platform aggregating over 500,000 live government and private tenders across 100+ countries.

Short-form video social platform with a personalised For You feed and trending sounds.

Toutiao, a Chinese algorithmic news and content aggregation app/site by ByteDance

US Copyright Office Public Records System for searching copyright registration and recordation records since 1978, plus scanned pre-1978 card catalogues

Chinese messaging, calling and payments app with a social feed feature (Moments).

International/overseas access portal for Weibo, China's Twitter-like microblogging platform.

Weimao (微猫), a Chinese company search engine built on national business credit registry data, with contact/WeChat card lookup

World Bank database of country-level public procurement and e-procurement system data for benchmarking reform.

Crowdsourced, independently run database documenting individuals detained or affected in Xinjiang since 2018

Zhihu, a Chinese question-and-answer social platform similar to Quora

1881.no, a Norwegian phone directory and number lookup service with caller ID and vehicle-owner search

192.com, a UK directory for searching people, businesses and places

Allabolag.se, a Swedish company database with financials, ownership networks and top-list rankings

ASIC, Australia's corporate and financial services regulator, with business name and company register search

Australia Business Directory, an aggregated company search site with name, corporation number and director search

Biznar, formerly a federated search engine for US scientific, technical and business literature

Black Book Online directory of free US county-level public and criminal record lookup sites

Boligsiden, a Danish real estate portal listing properties for sale with location and price details

BritishPhoneBook.com, a UK residential phone number and directory enquiries lookup

Brønnøysundregistrene, Norway's official government registry portal for all registered businesses and entities

Canada Border Services Agency site covering border entry rules, customs, importing/exporting and enforcement statistics

Canadian people search directory site for locating individuals by name

Canada411, a Canadian people and business directory with reverse phone, address and postal code lookup

Canada411 reverse phone number lookup tool for identifying the owner of a Canadian phone number

Commercial registry office search for companies registered in the Swiss canton of Ticino

UK Companies House register search for company filings, officers, accounts and disqualified directors

Corporations Canada federal search tool to confirm whether a corporation is federally incorporated

CVR, Denmark's Central Business Register for looking up official company registration data

Cyprus Registrar of Companies e-filing search for registered organisations and company filings

EGRUL/EGRIP, Russia's official tax service registry search for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs

Eniro, a Swedish phone and business directory site

Gule Sider, Norway's yellow-pages directory for local businesses and services

Hitta.se, a Swedish people, company and map search with property and tenant details

Krak.dk, a Danish local search directory for finding nearby people, businesses and services

Moneyhouse, a Swiss commercial register platform with company data, credit ratings and person/role details

OIS.dk, Denmark's public information server aggregating official property and building data

OnlineSearches.com's free directory linking to US public record sources by state, county and record type

Proff.no, a Norwegian business database with company financials, key figures and person-role connections

SEDAR, Canada's system for electronic disclosure of public company securities filings (now migrated to SEDAR+)

Societe.com, a free French company registry search covering RCS/SIRET/SIREN data, balance sheets and directors

Teatmik.ee, an Estonian company and person registry lookup showing legal entity ownership details

Tinglysning.dk, Denmark's digital land/ownership registry for property, vehicles and other registered rights

Zefix, Switzerland's official central business names index for searching companies and individuals