EMC-BUILT R2025A – Exposure Mapping Component built-up surface grid, derived from Sentinel-2 year 2022

Michael Riffler; Armin Leitner; Stefan Ralser; Eva Poglitsch; Christian Schleicher; Loic Faucqueur; Alexandre Pennec; Mattia Marconcini; Thomas Esch; Andreea Maria Julea; Thomas Kemper; Panagiotis Politis; Michele Melchiorri

doi:https://doi.org/10.2905/4cd8ccee-bfd1-48c5-9047-61c0343c41e9

Description

The spatial raster dataset depicts the distribution of built-up surfaces, expressed in square metres. The data report about the total built-up surface, the built-up surface allocated to dominant non-residential (NRES) uses, and the vegetation fraction in the built-up domain. For the temporal anchor point of 2022 the data is published at 10m as observed from the Sentinel 2 image data.

Contact

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

Contributors

Michael Riffler
Armin Leitner
Stefan Ralser
Eva Poglitsch
Christian Schleicher
Loic Faucqueur
Alexandre Pennec
Mattia Marconcini
Thomas Esch
Andreea Maria Julea
Thomas Kemper

0000-0002-3446-8301
Panagiotis Politis

0000-0001-6417-1587
Michele Melchiorri

0000-0002-3009-8868

How to cite

Riffler, Michael; Leitner, Armin; Ralser, Stefan; Poglitsch, Eva; Schleicher, Christian; Faucqueur, Loic; Pennec, Alexandre; Marconcini, Mattia; Esch, Thomas; Julea, Andreea Maria; Kemper, Thomas; Politis, Panagiotis; Melchiorri, Michele (2025): EMC-BUILT R2025A – Exposure Mapping Component built-up surface grid, derived from Sentinel-2 year 2022. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/4cd8ccee-bfd1-48c5-9047-61c0343c41e9 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/4cd8ccee-bfd1-48c5-9047-61c0343c41e9

Keywords

Built-up surface grid Copernicus EMC EMC-BUILT Exposure Mapping Component GHSL global map NDVI Non-residential surface grid Vegetation fraction grid

Data access

EMC-BUILT-S_GLOBE_R2025A

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

Spatial raster dataset representing the distribution of built-up surfaces, expressed in square metres. The data report about the total built-up surface.

EMC-BUILT-GREENNESS_GLOBE_R2025A

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

Spatial raster dataset representing the distribution of the vegetation fraction around and within the built-up surface in the cell.

EMC-BUILT-S_NRES_GLOBE_R2025A

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

Spatial raster dataset representing the distribution of built-up surfaces, expressed in square metres. The data report about the built-up surface allocated to dominant non-residential (NRES) uses.

Geographic areas

World

Spatial coverage

GML

<gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">  <gml:outerBoundaryIs>    <gml:LinearRing>      <gml:coordinates>-180,90 180,90 180,-90 -180,-90 -180,90</gml:coordinates>    </gml:LinearRing>  </gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon>

GML

<gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2">  <gml:exterior>    <gml:LinearRing>      <gml:posList>-180 90 180 90 180 -90 -180 -90 -180 90</gml:posList>    </gml:LinearRing>  </gml:exterior></gml:Polygon>

WKT

POLYGON ((-180 90, 180 90, 180 -90, -180 -90, -180 90))

Temporal coverage

From date	To date
2022-01-01	2022-12-31

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2025-10-29
Modified date: 2025-10-29
Issued date: 2025-11-04
Landing page: http://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: biennial
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/4cd8ccee-bfd1-48c5-9047-61c0343c41e9
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