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Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids

Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

The Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids measure land areas in square kilometers and the mean Unit size (population-weighted) in square kilometers. The land area grid permits the summation of areas (net of permanent ice and water) at the same resolution as the population density, count, and urban-rural grids. The mean Unit size grids provides a quantitative surface that indicates the size of the input Unit(s) from which population count and density grids are derived..GPWv3 is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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References

https://doi.org/10.7927/H4XK8CG2
https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P26W1B
https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Q23X5Q
https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FJ2DQN
https://doi.org/10.7927/H49W0CDN
https://doi.org/10.7927/H4639MPP
https://doi.org/10.7927/H42B8VZZ
https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ST7MRB
https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TT4NWQ

Dates

Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Graphic Preview

Sample browse graphic of the data set.

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
Publisher SEDAC
Maintainer
Identifier C1000000022-SEDAC
Data First Published 2005-12-31
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2005-12-31
Category GPW, geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Citation Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT. 2005-12-31. Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids. Version 3.00. Palisades, NY. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4K935FC. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4K935FC.
Creator Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT
Graphic Preview Description Sample browse graphic of the data set.
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Harvest Object Id 59b84760-ec9c-47b9-8e56-82d137730b00
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H4K935FC
Metadata Type geospatial
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Program Code 026:001
Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4XK8CG2, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P26W1B, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Q23X5Q, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FJ2DQN, https://doi.org/10.7927/H49W0CDN, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4639MPP, https://doi.org/10.7927/H42B8VZZ, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ST7MRB, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TT4NWQ
Release Place Palisades, NY
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Source Schema Version 1.1
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Temporal 1990-07-01T00:00:00Z/2015-07-01T00:00:00Z

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