Urban areas of the world (1:10,000,000 scale)

Jan 7, 2011 (Last modified May 12, 2011)
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Derived from 2002-2003 MODIS satellite data at 1 km resolution.
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Schneider, A., M. A. Friedl, D. K. McIver, and C. E. Woodcock (2003) Mapping urban areas by fusing multiple sources of coarse resolution remotely sensed data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, volume 69, pages 1377-1386.
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1:10,000,000
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urban areas, urbanization
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