AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The World Settlement Footprint 2015 dataset provides a global, 10m resolution binary mask showing the extent of human settlements using 2014-2015 Landsat-8 and Sentinel-1 imagery.
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The GHSL datasets offer various perspectives on global built-up areas, including settlement characteristics, built-up surface extent over time, and degree of urbanization.
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GHSL data is available at different resolutions (10m and 100m) and provides insights into built-up surface area and functional characteristics like building height and residential/non-residential use.
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The Degree of Urbanization dataset from GHSL classifies areas globally as rural or urban using a multitemporal approach and gridded population and built-up surface data.
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These datasets are derived from various satellite imagery sources including Landsat-8, Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2 and cover different time periods from 1975 to 2030.
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GHSL: Degree of Urbanization 1975-2030 V2-0 (P2023A)
This raster dataset represents a global, multitemporal rural-urban classification, applying the "Degree of Urbanisation" stage I methodology recommended by UN Statistical Commission, based on global gridded population and built-up surface data generated by the GHSL project for the epochs 1975-2030 in 5-year intervals. The Degree … ghsl jrc population sdg settlement -
GHSL: Global built-up surface 10m (P2023A)
This raster dataset depicts the distribution of built-up surfaces, expressed in square metres per 10 m grid cell, for 2018 as observed from the S2 image data. The datasets measure: a) the total built-up surface, and b) the built-up surface allocated to grid cells of … built built-environment builtup copernicus ghsl jrc -
GHSL: Global built-up surface 1975-2030 (P2023A)
This raster dataset depicts the distribution of built-up surfaces, expressed in square metres per 100 m grid cell. The dataset measures: a) the total built-up surface, and b) the built-up surface allocated to grid cells of predominant non-residential (NRES) use. Data are spatially-temporally interpolated or … built built-environment builtup copernicus ghsl jrc -
GHSL: Global settlement characteristics (10 m) 2018 (P2023A)
This spatial raster dataset delineates human settlements at 10 m resolution, and describes their inner characteristics in terms of the functional and height-related components of the built environment. More information about the GHSL data products can be found in the GHSL Data Package 2023 report … building built builtup copernicus ghsl height -
World Settlement Footprint 2015
The World Settlement Footprint (WSF) 2015 is a 10m resolution binary mask outlining the extent of human settlements globally derived by means of 2014-2015 multitemporal Landsat-8 and Sentinel-1 imagery (of which ~217,000 and ~107,000 scenes have been processed, respectively). The temporal dynamics of human settlements … landcover landsat-derived population sentinel1-derived settlement urban