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

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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).

Contributors

Aneta Florczyk; Christina Corbane; Martino Pesaresi; Panagiotis Politis

How to cite

Florczyk, Aneta; Politis, Panagiotis; Corbane, Christina; Pesaresi, Martino (2026): GHS-BUILT R2018A - GHS built-up grid INPUT DATA, Landsat multitemporal collections (1975-1990-2000-2014) - OBSOLETE RELEASE. European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.P52W42G PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-ghsl-10009

Keywords

built-up areasGHS-BUILTGHSLglobal mapGLS1975GLS1990GLS2000input dataland coverLandsatLandsat ETMLandsat MSSLandsat MTLANDSAT8multi-temporalremote sensingurban

Data access

GHS_BUILT_LDSMTIDC_GLOBE_R2018A
Esri Shape

SHP – shapefile format – is a popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information system (GIS) software. Esri shapefile is a zip archive that contains at least the shp, shx and dbf files.
Downloadable file

A downloadable file for the dataset.

Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice

According to the European Commission reuse notice, reuse is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of the European Commission is implemented by the Decision of 12 December 2011. The general principle of reuse can be subject to conditions which may be specified in individual copyright notices. Therefore users are advised to refer to the copyright notices of the individual websites maintained under Europa and of the individual documents. Reuse is not applicable to documents subject to intellectual property rights of third parties.

Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

  • 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
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
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  • 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.

Temporal coverage

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

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
jrc-ghsl-data (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
irregular

The event occurs at uneven intervals.

Language(s)
English

English is a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. It is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states and is now a global lingua franca.It is the third-most-common native language in the world and it is widely learned as a second language.

Data theme(s)
Regions and cities

dataset theme covering the domains of regions and cities, where regions is defined by political geography units including sovereign states, subnational administrative areas, and multinational groupings, and cities are characterised as large human settlements
Science and technology

dataset theme covering the domains of science and technology, with science being the systematic pursuit of knowledge through testable explanations and predictions across natural, social, and formal disciplines, and technology encompassing the collective techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in producing goods, providing services, or achieving objectives like scientific research

Geographical name(s)
World
Issued date
2018-10-09
Created date
14 Dec 2018 10:41
Modified date
27 Feb 2025 10:52
Landing page
https://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-ghsl-10009
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