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Overview

WorldPop is an open access platform providing access to demographic data, initiated in 2013 to unite the continent-focussed AfriPop, AsiaPop and AmeriPop projects, with an aim of producing detailed and freely-available population distribution and composition maps for the whole of Central and South America, Africa and Asia.

Provider: 
GeoData Institute, University of Southampton [1]
Posted: 
Oct 4, 2018 11:55am
Updated: 
Jun 13, 2019 11:47am
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Collection Content

Subject Areas: 
Social Sciences
Resource Types: 
Census data
Dataset
Geospatial data
Open Access
Direct from Publisher - Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Terms and Provider Details

Provider: 
GeoData Institute, University of Southampton [1]
CRL Review
Collection Content: 

The WorldPop project was initiated in 2013 to produce detailed and freely-available population distribution and composition maps for the whole of Central and South America, Africa and Asia. In order to accomplish this, WorldPop has constructed a GIS-linked database of census and official population estimate data, targeting the most recent and spatially detailed datasets available. 

Delivery: 

WorldPop Data can be accessed through several methods using the WorldPop Data portal: quick search, a data list, the map selector, and the beta data portal (a demonstration application allowing users to view and create custom downloads of sample WorldPop population datasets). 

Terms: 

WorldPop Data is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 [2]). Users are free to use, copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work for commercial and non-commercial purposes, without restriction, as long as clear attribution of the source is provided.

Sources

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CRL Offers & Status
StatusCurrentDescription
CRL FlaggednoPotential interest to CRL community
Offer PendingnoCurrently a candidate for CRL offer
Active OffernoCurrently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial AccessnoAvailable for trial
Renewal OffernoCurrently offered for renewal
Expired OffernoPast offers
Inactive / DeclinednoNo longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRLyesEvaluation available by CRL and community
Special AccessnoMember-only access available for a limited time

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Source URL: https://edesiderata.crl.edu/resources/worldpop

Links
[1] https://edesiderata.crl.edu/providers/geodata-institute-university-southampton
[2] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0