This is a highly detailed global population database. The web
application can be viewed at http://wms.cartographic.
"LandScan, which refines the best available census data using
geographic information system and remote sensing technologies, has
emerged as an international community standard for sustainable
development, environmental protection, disaster response and
humanitarian relief. Research using LandScan has resulted in
publications on subjects of interest to policy decision makers such as
predicted effects of global climate change. For instance, after the
devastating Indian Ocean tsunami of late 2004, LandScan was used to
estimate the number of people affected and where to send emergency
supplies."
No comments:
Post a Comment