Table 1 Input datasets.

From: A suite of global accessibility indicators

Data

Spatial resolution

Values

Projection

Geographic extent

Temporal reference

Format

Source

GHS settlement grid, following the REGIO model 2014 in application to GHSL Landsat and CIESIN GPW v4-multitemporal (1975-1990-2000-2015)

1 km

Pixel values represent the type of settlement

World Mollweide (EPSG:54009)

Global

2015

GeoTIFF

http://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/jrc-ghsl-ghs_smod_pop_globe_r2016a

GHS population grid, derived from GPW4, multitemporal (1975, 1990, 2000, 2015)

30 arc seconds

Population counts

WGS84 (EPSG:4326)

Global

2015

GeoTIFF

http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-ghsl-ghs_pop_gpw4_globe_r2015a

Friction surface

30 arc seconds

Time required to cross each pixel in minutes per metre

WGS84 (EPSG:4326)

Global

2015

GeoTIFF

https://map.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/accessibility/friction_surface_2015_v1.0.zip

Land mask based on Global Administrative Boundaries Dataset (GADM) v3.61

30 arc seconds

Binary mask of land/no land

WGS84 (EPSG:4326)

Global

NA

GeoTIFF

https://gadm.org/download_world.html