Table 1 Input datasets, used to produce the WorldPop Archive 100 m tiles and 1 km global mosaics.
From: High resolution global gridded data for use in population studies
Name | Acquisition Year | Source | Version, Publication Year | Data Type | Spatial Resolution | Format/ Pixel Type & Depth | Spatial Reference | Spatial Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Viewfinder Panoramas | ~2000 | de Ferranti, J35 | 26/05/14 | Elevation, continuous raster | Typically 3′′ (~90 m) | HGT tiles/ int16 | GCS WGS 1984 | Global |
GADM | 2012/ 2015 | Global ADMinistrative Areas (GADM)37 | v2/v2.8 | Global Admin. Boundaries (Country borders), categorical vector | Comparable to 3′′ (~90 m) | ESRI polygon shapefile | GCS WGS 1984 | Global |
Gridded Population of the World (GPW) | 2010 | Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University11 | v4, 2014 | Global Population Count/ Density (Country borders), continuous raster | 30′′ (~900 m) | Geo-tiff/ flt32 | GCS WGS 1984 | Global |
Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Stations (CHIrPS) | 1981–2014 | Funk, C., et al.55 | v2, 2015 | Annual precipitation, continuous raster | ~180′′ (~6 km) | Geo-tiff/ flt32 | GCS WGS 1984 | Between latitudes 50° North and 50° South |
DMSP Nightlights Time Series | 1992–2013 | US NOAA National Geophysical Data Center58 | v4, 2014 | Night lights intensity, continuous raster | 30′′ (~900 m) | Geo-tiff/ uint8 | GCS WGS 1984 | Between latitudes 75° North and 65° South |
Globcover | 2009 | European Space Agency (ESA) & Université Catholique De Louvain (UCL)60 | 2010 | Land cover, categorical raster | 7.5′′ (~250 m) | Geo-tiff/ uint8 | GCS WGS 1984 | Global |
Landsat | <2000 | University of Maryland, Department of Geography62 | v1, 2015 | Inland water bodies, categorical raster | 1′′ (~30 m) | Geo-tiff tiles/ uint16 | UTM WGS 1984 | Global |
MODIS MOD44W Collection 5 | 2000–2002 | University of Maryland, Department of Geography/ US NASA63 | 2009 | Inland water bodies, categorical raster | 7.5′′ (~250 m) | Geo-tiff tiles/ uint8 | GCS WGS 1984 | Global |
Open Street Map (OSM) | 2016 | OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) & Contributors64 | 15/01/16 | General mapping, categorical vector | Comparable to 1′′ (~30 m) | PBF database | GCS WGS 1984 | Global |
SRTM SWBD | ~2000 | US NASA & US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)71 | v2, 12/03/03 | Inland water bodies, categorical vector | Comparable to 1′′ (~30 m) | ESRI polygon shapefile tiles | GCS WGS 1984 | Between latitudes 60°2' North and 56° South |
GTOPO30 HYDRO 1 K | <1996 | US Geological Survey EROS Data Center72 | 1996 | Inland water bodies, categorical vector | Comparable to 30′′ (~900 m) | ESRI polygon shapefile tiles | GCS WGS 1984 | Greater than latitudes 60°2' North and 56° South |
Travel Time To Major Cities | 2000 | Nelson, A. (European Commission Joint Research Centre Global Environment Monitoring Unit)74 | 2008 | Travel time, continuous raster | 30′′ (~900 m) | Flt/flt32 | GCS WGS 1984 | Global |
