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[Submitted on 18 Aug 2021 (v1), last revised 24 Aug 2021 (this version, v2)]
Title:Global Built-up and Population Datasets: Which ones should you use for India?
View PDFAbstract:Multiple global land cover and population distribution datasets are currently available in the public domain. Given the differences between these datasets and the possibility that their accuracy may vary across countries, it is imperative that users have clear guidance on which datasets are appropriate for specific settings and objectives. Here we assess the accuracy of three global 10m resolution built-up datasets (ESRI, GHS-BUILT-S2 and WSF) and three population distribution datasets (HRSL 30m, WorldPop 100m, GHS-POP 250m) for India. Among built-up datasets, the GHS-BUILT-S2 is the most suitable for India for the 2015-2020 time period. To assess accuracy of population distribution datasets we use data from the 2011 Census of India at the level of 37,137 village and town polygons for the state of Bihar in India. Among the global datasets, HRSL has the best results. We also compute error metrics for IDC-POP, a 30m resolution population dataset generated by us at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. For Bihar, IDC-POP outperforms all three global datasets.
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From: Pratyush Tripathy [view email][v1] Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:45:47 UTC (11,885 KB)
[v2] Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:41:05 UTC (13,443 KB)
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