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    • Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Centroids

    Metadata Updated: April 24, 2025

    The Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Centroids consists of estimates of human population counts and densities for the years 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015 by administrative Unit centroid ___location. The centroids are based on the 399,781 input administrative Units used in GPWv3. In addition to population counts and variables, the centroids have associated administrative Unit names and the land area of contained within the administrative Unit. GPWv3 is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4XK8CG2
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P26W1B
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Q23X5Q
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4K935FC
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FJ2DQN
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H49W0CDN
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4639MPP
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H42B8VZZ
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ST7MRB

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 24, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 24, 2025
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1428079129-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2005-12-31
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-23
    Category GPW, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 89c8cfd4-fd7a-4493-abb1-d818a442e17c
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TT4NWQ
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -179.199552 -54.751503 179.848323 79.89196
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4XK8CG2, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P26W1B, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Q23X5Q, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4K935FC, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FJ2DQN, https://doi.org/10.7927/H49W0CDN, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4639MPP, https://doi.org/10.7927/H42B8VZZ, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ST7MRB
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3028552a4f5a01564f2bde2b0d127995d9fa48d3232393cdf4bb74eeb4a3bcae
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1990-07-01T00:00:00Z/2015-07-01T00:00:00Z

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