Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Identifier Grid

Summary

Abstract: Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3) National Identifier Grid is derived from the land area grid to create a raster surface where pixels (cells) that cover the same country or territory have the same value. Note that the countries and territories are not official representations of countries boundaries; rather, they represent the area covered by the statistical data as provided. GPWv3 is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).

The data in ARC/INFO Grid, American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) and Band Interleaved by Line (BIL) formats are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).

Purpose: To provide a raster representation of nation-states in GPWv3 for use in aggregating population data.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 79.89

S: -54.75

E: 179.85

W: -179.2

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)

Dataset Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Identifier Grid

Dataset Release Date: 200512

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-national-identifier-grid

Version: 3.00

Data Presentation Form: raster

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-national-identifie...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-07-01

Stop Date: 1990-07-01

Start Date: 1995-07-01

Stop Date: 1995-07-01

Start Date: 2000-07-01

Stop Date: 2000-07-01

Start Date: 2005-07-01

Stop Date: 2005-07-01

Start Date: 2010-07-01

Stop Date: 2010-07-01

Start Date: 2015-07-01

Stop Date: 2015-07-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIAL BEHAVIOR > RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES/AREAS

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > POPULATION

ISO Topic Category

SOCIETY

Instrument

DIGITIZER

Access Constraints Source

Ancillary Keywords

SOCIO-ECONOMICS

Data Center

Regional Resource Centre, Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Environment Programme

Data Center URL: http://www.rrcap.unep.org/
Dataset ID: BAN200

Data Center Personnel
Name: SURENDRA SHRESTHA Phone: (66-2) 5162124, 5245365 Fax: (66-2) 5162125, 5246233 Email: Surendra.Shrestha at unep.org Contact Address: UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP RRC.AP) 3rd Floor, Outreach Building c/o Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) P.O. Box 4, Klongluang City: Pathumthani Postal Code: 12120 Country: THAILAND