GHSL - Global Human Settlement Layer
dataset

The GHSL image analytics framework has been tested with a large set of sensors including radar and optical public and commercial missions. Bi-lateral agreements of JRC with European institutions and institutions in China; Brazil and South Africa are currently producing continental and country-wide human settlement information layers by application of the GHSL technology to their proprietary image data.

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Additional Info

Dataset ID GHSL
Status Active
Spatial Coverage World
Mode Database
Data Type Statistical
Category research data

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