Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL)

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Joint Research Centre - JRC - European Commission, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2021. Global Human Settlement Layer: Population and Built-Up Estimates, and Degree of Urbanization Settlement Model Grid. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/h4154f0w. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR.

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Florczyk A. J., C. Corbane, D. Ehrlich, S. Freire, T. Kemper, L. Maffenini, M. Melchiorri, M. Pesaresi, P. Politis, M. Schiavina, F. Sabo, and L. Zanchetta. 2019. GHSL Data Package 2019, EUR 29788 EN. ISBN 978-92-76-13186-1, JRC 117104. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/290498.

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The data are available as global grids in GeoTIFF (.tif) format at 9 arc-second and 30 arc-second spatial resolution. The 9 arc-second downloadable files are  ~1.7 GB in volume and the 30 arc-second files are ~375 MB.