World Settlement Footprint
European Space Agency (ESA), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Google Earth Engine
All-hazards
Imagery
ACCESS INFORMATION
DATA ACCESS
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Mapping_our_human_footprint_from_spaceACCESS TYPE
Open access
OVERVIEW
RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
The World Settlement Footprint is a satellite data-derived measure of where and to what degree urbanization is taking place.
BROAD DATA CATEGORIES
- Population
SPECIFIC DATA ELEMENTS
- All-hazards
- Imagery
RESOLUTION
GEOGRAPHIC RESOLUTION
- Continuous
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
World (this requires verification)
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
- Year