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Requirement details

UID 530
Name Built-up Surface
Description Built-up surface grids are essential information to map human settlements and their characteristics (like land use and density). The requirement delimts an urban area. The amount of built-up surface per grid cell is useful to estimate settlement typologies and is used as covariate for population disaggregation. Coverage requirement: Global. Data type: Raster
Dissemination View and Download Service
Quality Control Procedure N/A
Group Settlements
Status -
Uncertainty
N/A
N/A
N/A
Update Frequency
5 years
3 years
1 years
Timeliness
3 hour
1 hour
< 1 hour
Scale
1:2000000
1:200000
1:20000
Horizontal resolution
1000 m
100 m
10 m
Vertical resolution
N/A
N/A
N/A
Essential variables
State Ready
Created on June 4, 2024, 9:53 a.m.
Last updated on Nov. 3, 2026, 10:26 a.m.

Products

Product UID Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
839 Global Human Settlement Layer Firm Product generation Essential N/A June 4, 2024, 9:55 a.m. June 4, 2024, 9:55 a.m.

Data

Data UID Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
974 GHS - World Urbanization Prospects - Built-up Surface Fully Nov. 3, 2026, 9:45 a.m. Nov. 3, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
975 GHS Age of the Built Stock Fully Nov. 3, 2026, 9:47 a.m. Nov. 3, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
791 GHS Population Grid Fully June 4, 2024, 10:37 a.m. June 4, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
785 GHS Data Supporting Fully June 4, 2024, 10:40 a.m. June 4, 2024, 10:40 a.m.
779 GHS built-up surface Fully June 4, 2024, 9:57 a.m. June 4, 2024, 9:57 a.m.
780 GHS building height Fully June 4, 2024, 10 a.m. June 4, 2024, 10 a.m.
781 GHS built-up volume grid Fully June 4, 2024, 10:03 a.m. June 4, 2024, 10:03 a.m.
782 GHS Settlement Characteristics Fully June 4, 2024, 10:05 a.m. June 4, 2024, 10:05 a.m.
786 GHS land surface grid Fully June 4, 2024, 10:09 a.m. June 4, 2024, 10:09 a.m.
789 GHS Functional Urban Areas Fully June 4, 2024, 11:44 a.m. June 4, 2024, 11:44 a.m.
793 European Settlement Map 2015 Partially Coverage could be not complete (Only Europe). June 4, 2024, 11:53 a.m. June 4, 2024, 11:53 a.m.
792 GHS Settlement Model grid Fully June 4, 2024, 12:57 p.m. June 4, 2024, 12:57 p.m.
788 GHS Urban Centre Database Fully June 4, 2024, 1:59 p.m. June 4, 2024, 1:59 p.m.
784 GHS built-up surface statistics in European LAU Fully June 4, 2024, 2:07 p.m. June 4, 2024, 2:07 p.m.
783 GHS Degree of Urbanisation Classification Fully June 4, 2024, 10:47 a.m. Oct. 3, 2024, 9:21 a.m.
976 GHS Global Open Building Attribute Table Fully Nov. 3, 2026, 9:49 a.m. Nov. 3, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
919 Exposure Mapping Component built-up surface grid Fully April 16, 2026, 9:46 a.m. April 16, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
977 GHS - World Urbanization Prospects – Multitemporal Urban Centres Fully Nov. 3, 2026, 9:51 a.m. Nov. 3, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
980 GHSL - Arctic Partially Coverage could be not complete (Only Europe). Nov. 3, 2026, 9:54 a.m. Nov. 3, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
972 GHS - World Urbanization Prospects - Degree of Urbanisation Fully Nov. 3, 2026, 9:43 a.m. Nov. 3, 2026, 9:43 a.m.