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Requirement details

UID 22
Name Settlements - Building Block
Note This requirement represents an area where many single buildings can be grouped as they meet a distance criteria. Building Blocks are created from the intersection between Built-Up Area and Transportation networks. All building blocks classified by the Feature Function attribute (e.g. Residential, Industrial, Commercial, etc.) Coverage requirement: Global. Data type: vector. Geometry type: polygon.
Dissemination View and Download Service
Quality Control Procedure N/A
Group Settlements
Status -
Uncertainty
N/A
N/A
N/A
Update Frequency
3 years
1 year
6 months
Timeliness
3 hours
1 hour
< 1 hour
Scale
1:50000
1:25000
1:10000
Horizontal resolution
25 m
12.5 m
5 m
Vertical resolution
N/A
N/A
N/A
Essential variables
State Ready
Created on Nov. 14, 2017, 12:23 p.m.
Last updated on May 29, 2025, 10:42 a.m.

Products

Product UID Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
50 Emergency Reference Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness Nov. 14, 2017, 12:26 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:40 a.m.
341 First Estimate Product Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness June 28, 2019, 12:06 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:40 a.m.
51 Emergency Delineation Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness Nov. 14, 2017, 12:26 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:40 a.m.
525 Prevention - Reference Maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:44 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
433 P05 - Modelled flood extent for major events Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 11:19 a.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
441 P14 - Impact assessment/exposure analysis on assets and population Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 11:23 a.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
443 P16 - Post-disaster soil erosion risk assessment Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 11:24 a.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
422 P02 - Reference dataset | P02.2a - Reference dataset @1:10000 low level update Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 11:16 a.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
445 P18 - Human settlements mapping Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 11:27 a.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
526 Preparedness - Pre-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:45 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
52 Emergency Grading map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness Nov. 14, 2017, 12:26 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
423 P02 - Reference dataset | P02.2b - Reference dataset @1:10000 high level update Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 11:17 a.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
442 P15 - Detailed impact assessment/exposure analyses on selected aspect Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 11:24 a.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
434 P06 - Temporal analyses of occurred flood events Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 11:22 a.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
527 Recovery/Reconstruction - Post-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:45 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.

Data

Data UID Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
45 OpenStreetMap Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:53 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
32 Wikimapia Partially Dataset completeness is location dependent. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 1, 2018, 12:12 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
605 INSPIRE Annex III: Buildings Fully The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Nov. 15, 2020, 5:05 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
54 Urban Atlas Land Cover / Land Use Partially Reason for partial fulfillment of the requirement is the dataset coverage that is limited to large european urban areas. May 21, 2018, 12:27 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:42 a.m.
568 European Settlement Map Partially The update frequency is lower than required. Data need further processing to obtain the final product. Thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. June 22, 2021, 4:10 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:42 a.m.
122 GlobeLand 30 Partially Dataset need further processing to obtain the final product and it shall be derived from the corresponding land cover class/es. June 22, 2021, 4:13 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:42 a.m.
656 World Settlments Footprint (WSF) Partially The update frequency is lower than required. Dataset need further processing to obtain the final product. Thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. June 22, 2021, 4:15 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:42 a.m.
655 Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) Land Cover Partially The update frequency is lower than required. Dataset need further processing to obtain the final product and it shall be derived from the corresponding land cover class/es. Thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Accuracy is lower than threshold. June 22, 2021, 4:18 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:42 a.m.
88 High Resolution Layer - Imperviousness Partially The update frequency is lower than required. Dataset need further processing to obtain the final product. Thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. June 22, 2021, 4:17 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:42 a.m.
770 World Settlements Footprint 3D (WSF3D) Partially The update frequency is lower than required. Dataset need further processing to obtain the final product. Thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. April 29, 2024, 3:49 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:42 a.m.