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LandScan Mosaic

Global population distribution dataset from Oak Ridge National Laboratory that estimates ambient population from building attributes, land use and occupancy patterns, and publishes an uncertainty measure with each estimate.

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ORNL's LandScan Mosaic estimates global population building by building

Oak Ridge's dataset uses building height, floor count and use type to place people across a 24-hour average, and it reports how confident it is in each estimate. For siting work, that confidence figure matters as much as the count.

Publishers:interestingengineering.com

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Evidence50
Adoption15
Hype gap+18
Incentives65
Confidence55