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WorldPop Asia dataset details_______________________DATASET: Alpha version 2010, 2015 and 2020 estimates of numbers of people per pixel (ppp) and people per hectare (pph), with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted.REGION: AsiaSPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84UNITS: Estimated persons per grid squareMAPPING APPROACH: Random ForestFORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)FILENAMES: Example - CHN_ppp_v2b_2010_UNadj.tif = China (CHN) population per pixel (ppp) map for 2010 (2010) adjusted to match UN national estimates (UNadj), version 2c (v2c).DATE OF PRODUCTION: July 2015 NOTE: The metadata and Google Earth files are in preparation.
WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton). 2015. China 100m Population. Alpha version 2010, 2015 and 2020 estimates of numbers of people per pixel (ppp) and people per hectare (pph), with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted. DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/WP00055