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Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Urban Extents Grid
Entry ID:
CIESIN_SEDAC_GRUMPv1_EXT
Summary
Abstract:
The Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1) consists of estimates of human population for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 by 30 arc-second (1km) grid. The urban extent grids distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights . Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from ...
 Purpose: To provide a raster representation of urban areas (or urban mask) for use with GRUMP population grids or other data sets.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), The World Bank, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)
Dataset Title:
Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Urban Extents Grid
Dataset Release Date:
2011
Dataset Release Place:
Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher:
NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Version:
1.00
Data Presentation Form:
raster, map
Online Resource:
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/grump-v1-urban-extents
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Data Center
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
+33491829337
Fax:
+33491826548
Email:
stephanie.jacquet at univmed.fr
Contact Address:
LOPB - Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille, UMR6535, Campus de Luminy, Case 901
City:
MARSEILLE
Province or State:
Cedex 9
Postal Code:
13288
Country:
France
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2011-09-09
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-10-06
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