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ESM R2020 - European Settlement Map from Copernicus Very High Resolution data for reference year 2018

Collection: GHSL : Global Human Settlement Layer 

Description

ESM_BUILT_VHR2018_Europe_R2020_3035_02 is a spatial raster dataset that is mapping human settlements in Europe, based on Copernicus Very High Resolution optical coverage for reference year 2018. ESM 2018 exploits the Copernicus VHR_IMAGE_2018 dataset made of satellite images Pleiades 1A & 1B, SuperView-1, Kompsat-3/3A and PlanetScope with backup missions of Spot-6/7, TripleSat and Deimos-2 ranging from 2017 to 2019. ESM_BUILT_VHR2018_Europe_R2020_3035_02 classifies the residential and non-residential buildings at a spatial resolution of 2 meters (EPSG:3035).

Contact

Email
jrc-ghsl-data (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

Corbane, Christina; Szabo, Filip (2022): ESM R2020 - European Settlement Map from Copernicus Very High Resolution data for reference year 2018. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/192530fc-3d09-4740-8c1d-d1e601cdfdcc

Keywords

building typology built-up areas classification Copernicus ESM GHSL Land Pan-European remote sensing

Data access

ESM R2020 - European Settlement Map from Copernicus Very High Resolution data for reference year 2018
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 
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No limitations 
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  • ESM_BUILT_VHR2018_Europe_R2020_3035_02 is a spatial raster dataset that is mapping human settlements in Europe, based on Copernicus Very High Resolution optical coverage for reference year 2018. ESM 2018 exploits the Copernicus VHR_IMAGE_2018 dataset made of satellite images Pleiades 1A & 1B, SuperView-1, Kompsat-3/3A and PlanetScope with backup missions of Spot-6/7, TripleSat and Deimos-2 ranging from 2017 to 2019. ESM_BUILT_VHR2018_Europe_R2020_3035_02 classifies the residential and non-residential buildings at a spatial resolution of 2 meters (EPSG:3035).

GHSL Website
Use conditions
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 
Access conditions
No limitations 
URL 

  • Project Web site

Publications

Publication 2023
The European Settlement Map 2018
Szabo, F., Corban, C., Politis, P., Goch, K. and Kemper, T., The European Settlement Map 2018, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2023, ISBN 978-92-68-03251-0 (online), doi:10.2760/87167 (online), JRC133494.
  • Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
DOI
10.2760/87167
Publication page 
  • Abstract

    The ESM_2018 is the latest release of the European Settlement Map (ESM) and it is produced within the Global Human Settlement Project of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) following a request of DG REGIO. The ESM_2018 offers two raster products at 2m spatial resolution: i) The built-up area change detection layer and ii) Building footprints layer. Change detection layer is exploiting the pan-European Copernicus (Core_003) dataset for the reference year 2012 and Copernicus VHR_IMAGE_2018 dataset for reference year 2018. The later product is using only the VHR_IMAGE_2018 collection and it is developed for fine scale multiclass building delineation. Unlike its predecessors, the ESM_2015 and ESM_2012, the ESM_2018 workflow is based on the fully convolutional neural networks (instance segmentation). The ESM_2018 workflows were executed on Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Docker containers on the JRC Big Data Analytics Platform (BDAP). Training data for the 2012-2018 change detection layer comes from Copernicus Urban Atlas Change 2012-2018 layer, while the training data for building detection layer was derived from Open Street Map and combined with Luisa 2018 basemap in order to discriminate between residential and non-residential buildings. Both products offer a discrimination between residential and non-residential buildings at 2m spatial resolution and at pan-European scale (EEA-39).

Geographic areas

Europe

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML 
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GML 
<gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2">  <gml:exterior>    <gml:LinearRing>      <gml:posList>-31.39 71.27 44.93 71.27 44.93 27.55 -31.39 27.55 -31.39 71.27</gml:posList>    </gml:LinearRing>  </gml:exterior></gml:Polygon>
WKT 
POLYGON ((-31.39 71.27, 44.93 71.27, 44.93 27.55, -31.39 27.55, -31.39 71.27))

Temporal coverage

From date To date
2018-01-01 2018-12-31

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2022-07-26
Modified date
2023-06-07
Issued date
2022-07-26
Landing page
http://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
irregular
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/192530fc-3d09-4740-8c1d-d1e601cdfdcc
Popularity