Demographics

Puerto Rico - High Resolution Settlement Layer

Last Updated:
July 11, 2019
Countries:
Puerto Rico
Regions:
Latin America & Caribbean
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128

The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) provides estimates of human population distribution at a resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30m) for the year 2015. The population estimates are based on recent census data and high-resolution (0.5m) satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe. The population grids provide detailed delineation of settlements in both urban and rural areas, which is useful for many research areas—from disaster response and humanitarian planning to the development of communications infrastructure. The settlement extent data were developed by the Connectivity Lab at Facebook using computer vision techniques to classify blocks of optical satellite data as settled (containing buildings) or not. Center for International Earth Science Information Networks (CIESIN) at Earth Institute Columbia University used proportional allocation to distribute population data from subnational census data to the settlement extents.

Citation: Facebook Connectivity Lab and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2016. High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL). Source imagery for HRSL © 2016 DigitalGlobe.

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Facebook
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https://ciesin.columbia.edu/data/hrsl/
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Demographics  
Last Updated
July 11, 2019
Release Year
2016
Countries
Puerto Rico
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Views
128
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