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Global Amphibians Family Richness Grids, v1 (2005 – 2007)

Gridded Species Distribution, v1

To provide information on the number of amphibian species present at a 1 kilometer spatial resolution which can be used in modeling efforts, wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, policy-making, biodiversity studies and human-environment interactions.

Mammals of the Americas Presence Grids, v1 (2005 – 2007)

Gridded Species Distribution, v1

To provide a gridded version of existing vector maps of mammal species distribution in which each grid cell is recoded to 1 (for present) or 0 (for not present) for use in modeling efforts.

Mammals of the Americas Original Grids, v1 (2005 – 2007)

Gridded Species Distribution, v1

To provide a gridded version of existing vector maps of mammal species distribution at 1- kilometer that preserves the original coding (1=Extant, 2= Possibly present, 3=Probably extinct, 4=Extinct, 5=Extirpated purposely, 6=Occurs on indicated island chain, and 7=Subfossil/fossil).

Mammals of the Americas Family Richness Grids, v1 (2005 – 2007)

Gridded Species Distribution, v1

To provide provide information on the number of mammal species present at a 1 kilometer spatial resolution which can be used in modeling efforts, wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, policy-making, biodiversity studies and human-environment interactions.

Birds of the Americas Presence Grids, v1 (2005 – 2007)

Gridded Species Distribution, v1

To provide a gridded version of existing vector maps of bird species presence at 1- kilometer spatial resolution, which in turn can be used in modeling efforts, wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, policy-making, biodiversity studies and human-environment interactions.

Birds of the Americas Original Grids, v1 (2005 – 2007)

Gridded Species Distribution, v1

To provide a gridded version of existing vector maps of bird species distribution at 1- kilometer that preserves the original coding (1=Extant, 2= Possibly present, 3=Probably extinct, 4=Extinct, 5=Extirpated purposely, 6=Occurs on indicated island chain, and 7=Subfossil/fossil).

Birds of the Americas Family Richness Grids, v1 (2005 – 2007)

Gridded Species Distribution, v1

To provide provide information on the number of bird species present at a 1 kilometer spatial resolution which can be used in modeling efforts, wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, policy-making, biodiversity studies and human-environment interactions.

Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, v1 (2001 – 2006)

Anthropogenic Biomes

To provide information on global land use for research on human-environment interactions.

Urban Landsat: Cities from Space, v1 (1999 – 2003)

Urban Landsat

To serve a wide user community by providing composite Landsat images and raw data for urban areas that can be used in interdisciplinary studies of remote sensing and the environment.

Summary File 3: Metropolitan Statistical Areas, v1 (2000)

U.S. Census Grids

To provide gridded demographic data, including characteristics of income, education, and housing, for metropolitan statistical areas at a finer resolution than is available in the 30 arc-second grids used for the United States as a whole.

Summary File 1, v1 (2000)

U.S. Census Grids

To provide gridded demographic data, including characteristics of age, race, ethnicity, and housing, for the United States and Puerto Rico for data integration.

Summary File 3, v1 (2000)

U.S. Census Grids

To provide gridded demographic data, including characteristics of income, education, and housing, for the United States and Puerto Rico for data integration.

Summary File 1: Metropolitan Statistical Areas, v1 (2000)

U.S. Census Grids

To provide gridded demographic data, including characteristics of age, race, ethnicity, and housing, for metropolitan statistical areas at a finer resolution than is available in the 30 arc-second grids used for the United States as a whole.

Global Human Influence Index (IGHP), v2 (1995 – 2004)

Last of the Wild, v2

To provide an updated map of anthropogenic impacts on the environment in the Interrupted Goode Homosoline Projection which can be used in wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, and research on human-environment interactions.

Global Human Influence Index (Geographic), v2 (1995 – 2004)

Last of the Wild, v2

To provide an updated map of anthropogenic impacts on the environment in geographic projection which can be used in wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, and research on human-environment interactions.

Global Human Footprint (IGHP), v2 (1995 – 2004)

Last of the Wild, v2

To provide an updated map of anthropogenic impacts on the environment in Interrupted Goode Homosoline Projection which can be used in wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, and research on human-environment interactions.

Global Human Footprint (Geographic), v2 (1995 – 2004)

Last of the Wild, v2

To provide an updated map of anthropogenic impacts on the environment in geographic projection which can be used in wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, and research on human-environment interactions.

Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition, v1 (1990 – 2002)

Poverty Mapping, v1

To provide a global subnational map of the prevalence of underweight children that can be used by a wide user community in interdisciplinary studies of health, poverty and the environment.

Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates, v1 (2000)

Poverty Mapping, v1

To provide a global subnational map of infant mortality rate estimates that can be used by a wide user community in interdisciplinary studies of health, poverty and the environment.

Population Density Grid, v3 (1990, 1995, 2000)

Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3

To provide a time series of raster data on population density to facilitate data integration.

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