CIESIN: Recently released public data sets and tools

Post date: Oct 12, 2016 7:44:10 PM

Data Collections and Data Sets

The following data have recently been released by the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC):

• Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4)
• Global Grid of Probabilities of Urban Expansion to 2030
• Dar es Salaam Land Use and Informal Settlement Data Set
• Gridded Species Distribution: Global Amphibian Richness Grids, 2015 Release
• Gridded Species Distribution: Global Mammal Richness Grids, 2015 Release

Applications/Services

The following tools and services have recently been released by SEDAC and other CIESIN projects:

• SEDAC Population Estimation Service, Version 2 (PES-v2)
• Hazards and Population Mapper (HazPop) by NASA
• SEDAC Map Viewer, Version 2
• Flood, Sea Level Rise, and Adaptation Mapper for Jamaica Bay, New York (AdaptMap)
• Hudson River Flood Impact Decision Support System