Presenters outline LandScan project aimed at mapping populations at risk
Presenters described LandScan as a population-estimation system that uses census and other data (not individual tracking) to produce estimates "anytime, anywhere, at any scale," intended to help identify populations at risk and guide resource allocation during disasters.
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Presenter 1, a presenter, said the goal of LandScan is to understand where people are to get at "populations at risk." "The goal of LandScan is to understand where people are to get at populations at risk," Presenter 1 said, adding that the system does not track individuals but combines census and other information to estimate how many people are in a place at a given time.
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