NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title lspop 2013 Provider Oak Ridge National LaboratoryMicrodata access: Request Geography Global Coverage type Global Time period covered 07/2013 - 07/2013 Data type Estimate: GPS coordinates (GIS) Summary Produced and updated annually by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), LandScan is global population distribution database featuring population estimates at approximately 1 km resolution (30 arc-seconds) and representing an ambient population averaged over 24 hours. Like tabulated census data, the LandScan dataset represents population counts, but it presents census counts disagreggated within administrative boundaries through the use of spatial data, imagery analysis, and a multi-variable dasymetric modeling approach that incorporates physical, socieconomic, and cultural understandings of areas. LandScan was first produced in 1998 for the U.S. Department of Defense to estimate populations at risk. It continues to be used in rapid consequence and risk assessment and for emergency planning and management. Keywords Population Citation Contributors Oak Ridge National Laboratory Funders U.S. Department of Defense Publisher Oak Ridge National Laboratory Publication year 2014 Suggested citation Oak Ridge National Laboratory. LandScan Global Population Dataset 2013. Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2014. GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021