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The Global Human Footprint Dataset of the Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2) is the Human Influence Index (HII) normalized by biome and realm. The HII 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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Spatial Extent
N: 89.930957S: -89.918972E: 180W: -179.999993
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 Footprint Dataset (Geographic) (Version 2.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4M61H5F Date Accessed: 2026-07-18
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 Footprint Dataset (Geographic).” Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2005. doi:10.7927/H4M61H5F. Date Accessed: 2026-07-18
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 Footprint Dataset (Geographic). 2.00, Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2005, doi:10.7927/H4M61H5F. Date Accessed: 2026-07-18
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