DATASET

GHS-BUILT R2018A - GHS built-up grid INPUT DATA, Landsat multitemporal collections (1975-1990-2000-2014) - OBSOLETE RELEASE

Collection: GHSL : Global Human Settlement Layer 

Description

Multi-temporal information layers on footprint and metadata of Landsat scenes used in the production of GHS BUILT grid R2018A. The scenes are organised in imge data collections, and

were prepared by the Global Land Survey (GLS1975, GLS1990, GLS2000) and by the JRC (Landsat 8 collection for 2014).

Contact

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

Contributors

How to cite

Florczyk, Aneta; Politis, Panagiotis; Corbane, Christina; Pesaresi, Martino (2018): GHS-BUILT R2018A - GHS built-up grid INPUT DATA, Landsat multitemporal collections (1975-1990-2000-2014) - OBSOLETE RELEASE. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-ghsl-10009

Keywords

built-up areas GHS-BUILT GHSL global map GLS1990 GLS2000 input data GLS1975 land cover Landsat Landsat ETM Landsat MSS remote sensing urban multi-temporal Landsat MT LANDSAT8

Data access

GHS_BUILT_LDSMTIDC_GLOBE_R2018A
URL 
  • Multi-temporal Landsat imagery collections, with foootprints and metadata of the scenses, for epoch 1975, 1990, 2000 and 2014. Data organisation: SHP fileproduct. Projection: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) (EPSG:4326).

Publications

Publication 2019
Description of the GHS Urban Centre Database 2015
Florczyk, A., Melchiorri, M., Corban, C., Schiavina, M., Maffenini, L., Pesaresi, M., Politis, P., Sabo, F., Carneiro Freire, S., Ehrlich, D., Kemper, T., Tommasi, P., Airaghi, D. and Zanchetta, L., Description of the GHS Urban Centre Database 2015, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019, ISBN 978-92-79-99753-2 (online), doi:10.2760/037310 (online), JRC115586.
  • Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Publication page 
  • Abstract

    The Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Centres Database (GHS-UCDB) is the most complete database on cities to date, publicly released as an open and free dataset - GHS STAT UCDB2015MT GLOBE R2019A V1.0. The database represents the global status on Urban Centres in 2015 by offering cities location, their extent (surface, shape), and describing each city with a set of geographical, socio-economic and

    environmental attributes, many of them going back 25 or even 40 years in time. Urban Centres are defined in a consistent way across geographical locations and over time, applying the “Global Definition of Cities and Settlements” developed by the European Union to the Global Human Settlement Layer Built-up (GHS-BUILT) areas and Population (GHS-POP) grids. This report contains the description of the dimensions and the derived attributes that characterise the Urban Centres in the database. The document includes notes about methodology and sources. The GHS-UCDB contains information for more than 10,000 Urban Centres and it is the baseline data of the analytical results presented in the Atlas of the Human Planet 2018.

Geographic areas

World

Temporal coverage

From date To date
1975-01-01 2014-12-30

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2018-12-14
Modified date
2022-06-24
Issued date
2018-10-09
Landing page
https://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/jrc-ghsl-10009
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