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Requirement details

UID 432
Name Settlements - Built-Up Areas
Note The requirement represents a polygon that delimits an urban area. It includes anthropogenic assets as: Buildings, Facilities, Transportation network, Urban green (garden, urban parks, etc.). A built up area not includes: natural area (natural forest, natural grassland, etc.) and agricultural fields. 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 hour
1 hour
< 1 hour
Scale
>1:75000
1:50000
>1:25000
Horizontal resolution
37.5 m
25 m
12.5 m
Vertical resolution
N/A
N/A
N/A
Essential variables
State Ready
Created on May 12, 2020, 11:15 a.m.
Last updated on May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.

Products

Product UID Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
525 Prevention - Reference Maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:51 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:40 a.m.
526 Preparedness - Pre-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:51 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:40 a.m.
527 Recovery/Reconstruction - Post-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:52 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:40 a.m.
424 P02 - Reference dataset | P02.3a - Reference dataset @1:25000 low level update Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
437 P10 - Urban sprawl analysis Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
443 P16 - Post-disaster soil erosion risk assessment Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:16 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
438 P11 - Human footprint evaluation of cities Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
425 P02 - Reference dataset | P02.3b - Reference dataset @1:25000 high level update Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:15 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
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, 4:35 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 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, 4:35 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 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. May 19, 2021, 12:13 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
122 GlobeLand 30 Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is that Built-Up Area shall be derived from the corresponding land cover class/es. May 19, 2021, 12:14 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 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. Thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is that Built-Up Area shall be derived from the corresponding land cover class/es. Accuracy is lower than threshold. May 19, 2021, 12:13 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
663 INSPIRE Annex I: Cadastral parcels Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage may not be complete. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. May 26, 2023, 11:36 a.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
743 Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. May 26, 2023, 11:31 a.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 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, 3:50 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.