Data Tip - Customized Coverage from LandScan Global Population Database

In search of a population database to support your GIS and mapping needs? The folks at East View are now offering customized clip-outs from the LandScan Global Population Database to suit your specific data coverage needs.

At a high resolution of one kilometer, LandScan is the most accurate and reliable global population distribution model ever developed.

Some of the custom coverage options available to users include:

Climate Regions and Exposure
Coastal Areas and Storm Surge
Earthquakes and Fault Lines
Flood Zones and Flood Hazards
Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Spread
Oil & Gas Pipelines and Exploration
Pollution Control Zones and Emissions
Railroads and Transportation Routes
Urban and Rural Extents
Volcano Hazard and Exposure

About the Population Database…

The LandScan Global Population Database, developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, represents the world’s finest resolution global population distribution database available. Offering the most accurate and reliable, geographically based, population distribution model, LandScan is a useful application for risk analysis, research and educational, humanitarian, and corporate settings.

LandScan is widely considered the gold standard in global population data. New versions of LandScan have been released annually since the year 2000.