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Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): National Identifier Grid

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_GRUMPv1_NATIDEN

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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 cells and associated datasets dated circa 2000. National Identifier Grid is derived from the land area grid to create a raster surface where pixels (cells) that cover the same nation or territory have the same value. Note that the ...

Purpose: To permit the summation of population values by country/territory and, in combination with other data layers, the summation of population values by irregular areas represented in the other data layers and country/territory.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 85.0

S: -58.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

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): National Identifier 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

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/grump-v1-national-identif...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-07-01