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Electrical Distribution Grid Maps

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Source Facebook
Contributor Data for Good at Meta (previously Facebook)
Date of Dataset January 24, 2019-January 24, 2019
Updated 19 March 2019
Expected Update Frequency Never
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License Creative Commons Attribution International
Methodology

Building Electrical Grid Maps begins by taking monthly images from the VIIRS satellite, and creating a composite. We then apply a custom image processing filter to remove background and reflected light, and identify locations that consistently demonstrate night-time lighting. These then serve as a proxy for the existence of grid electricity. Using known electrical grids as templates based on data available from energydata.info, we employ a custom algorithm to connect the communities and infer grid paths based on their likelihood to follow roads, avoid water, and follow the shortest paths possible.
Caveats / Comments

This project is no longer active and has been carried forward by others, mostly at the World Bank. See global estimates of grid infrastructure from this group here: https://gridfinder.org/
Tags
access to electricity
electricity
geodata
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