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The Global Human Influence Index Dataset of the Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2) is a global dataset of 1-kilometer grid cells, created from nine global data layers covering human population pressure (population density), human land use and infrastructure (built-up areas, nighttime lights, land use/land cover), and human access (coastlines, roads, railroads, navigable rivers). The dataset in Clarke 1866 Geographic Coordinate System is produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
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Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Projects
LWP
Spatial Extent
N: 90S: -90E: 180W: -180
Spatial Resolution
0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees
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Wildlife Conservation Society-WCS, & Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University. (2005). Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Influence Index (HII) Dataset (Geographic) (Version 2.00) [Dataset]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BP00QC Date Accessed: 2026-10-14
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title={Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Influence Index (HII) Dataset (Geographic)},
url={https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/sedac-ciesin-sedac-lwp2-hii-geog-2.0},
DOI={10.7927/H4BP00QC},
publisher={Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)},
author={Wildlife Conservation Society-WCS and Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University},
year={2005},
}
Wildlife Conservation Society-WCS, & Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University. (2005). Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Influence Index (HII) Dataset (Geographic) (Version 2.00) [Dataset]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BP00QC Date Accessed: 2026-10-14
Wildlife Conservation Society-WCS, and Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University. “Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Influence Index (HII) Dataset (Geographic).” Version 2.00, Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2005, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BP00QC. Date Accessed: 2026-10-14
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