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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 Draft
Created on May 12, 2020, 11:15 a.m.
Last updated on June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.

Products

Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
Prevention - Reference Maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:51 p.m. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
Preparedness - Pre-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:51 p.m. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
Recovery/Reconstruction - Post-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:52 p.m. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
P02 - Reference dataset | P02.3a - Reference dataset @1:25000 low level update Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
P10 - Urban sprawl analysis Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
P16 - Post-disaster soil erosion risk assessment Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:16 p.m. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
P11 - Human footprint evaluation of cities Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
P02 - Reference dataset | P02.3b - Reference dataset @1:25000 high level update Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.

Data

Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
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. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
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. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
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. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
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. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
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. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
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. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
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. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
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. June 4, 2024, 9:12 a.m.