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Albania released its 1st population gridded data on the mapping application.
2011 Population and Housing Census thematic maps and population gridded data for Albania can be found at: http://instatgis.gov.al/#!/l/prefectures/population/prefpop1
Spanish 1st gridded maps from 2011 Population and Housing Census released by INE Spain.
What is Spain like? 25 maps to discover it, km2 by km2 is a publication that enables attaining a global - but also detailed - perspective of the main socio-economic indicators from the 2011 Population and Housing Censuses. For the first time, and thanks to the...
Australia 1st gridded population data released.
Australia released its first 1 km2 population grid data for the whole country. More info and gridded population data can be found from here: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
A new degree of urbanisation (DEGURBA) released by DG REGIO reveals the value of projects initiated by EFGS.
Population grid data produced by Geostat 1A project contributed to an improved urbanisation classification released by DG REGIO. More info on the new degree of urbanisation (DEGURBA) can be found here.
EFGS 2014 conference papers and presentations released
EFGS 2014 conference day 1 and day 2 materials are available here.
UN-GGIM: Europe was held in Chisinau, Moldova on 1st October 2014. At this meeting an Executive Committee of eleven people was established
The first plenary meeting of UN-GGIM: Europe was held in Chisinau, Moldova on 1st October 2014. At this meeting an Executive Committee of eleven people was established, a work plan adopted and arrangements for a secretariat was agreed. More info and source: UN-GGIM...


