# Hex Fused-partitioned datasets

## Overview

This repository contains re-paritioned and hex indexed version of:
- Crop Data Layer (`fused/hex/release_2025_04_beta/cdl/`)
- US Census data  (`fused/hex/release_2025_04_beta/census/`)

<img src="https://data.source.coop/fused/hex/docs/banner.png" alt="Banner image showing Census + CDL" width="100%"/>

## Quickstart

### Open Datasets in Fused

**Explore parquet metadata**

Access to this dataset is facilitated by the [Fused](https://www.fused.io/) platform. Browse the data on [Fused Workbench](https://www.fused.io/workbench/catalog/CDL_from_source_coop-d6f88129-73e3-469b-8ac4-7793c2acbeed).

**Query dataset directly**

## Details

[Fused](https://www.fused.io/) is providing these datasets as hex versions in both `hex7` and `hex8` resolutions.

You can explore the CDL data with one of our [public UDF](https://www.fused.io/workbench/catalog/CDL_from_source_coop-d6f88129-73e3-469b-8ac4-7793c2acbeed) at no cost. 

**Crop Data Layer**

- Available for `[2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024]`
- Available in `hex7` and `hex8` resolutions

**US Census Data**

- Available for 2020
- Available in `hex7` and `hex8` resolutions

## Original Dataset

**Crop Data Layer**

Data gathered from [the USDA CDL Download page](https://pdi.scinet.usda.gov/portal/apps/sites/#/cropcros/pages/download-data)

**US Census Data**

Data gathered from [2020 TIGER/Line Shapefile dataset on census.gov](https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.2020.html#list-tab-790442341)


## Citation

Cropland Data Layer from [USDA CroplandCros](https://pdi.scinet.usda.gov/portal/apps/sites/#/cropcros):

```
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Cropland Data Layer. 2025. Published crop-specific data layer [Online]. Available at https://croplandcros.scinet.usda.gov/ (accessed 2025; verified 2025). USDA-NASS, Washington, DC.
```

US Census from [data.census.org](https://data.census.gov/):

```
U.S. Census Bureau, "TIGER/Line Shapefiles", <https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.2020.html#list-tab-790442341>, accessed on April 29, 2025.
```