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POPGRID Viewer is an online tool that enables direct comparison of different population datasets based on different data sources and methodologies. 

The tool incorporates a four-panel display of six different datasets: 

  • Gridded Population of the World (GPWv4.10) 2015 count developed by SEDAC
  • Landscan 2015 developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC)
  • WorldPop Estimates 2014 from the WorldPop project
  • Global Human Settlement Population Grid 2015 (GHS-POP) developed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and CIESIN
  • Esri World Population Estimate 2016 (WPE)
  • High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) developed by the Facebook Connectivity Lab and CIESIN

A single-panel mode provides metadata and enables side-by-side comparison of population estimates. This tool was developed under the auspices of the POPGRID Data Collaborative.

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