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Global population dataset uses buildings to reveal people's daily movement patterns

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Researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have released LandScan Mosaic, a next-generation global population distribution dataset that estimates where people are by modeling how buildings are used and occupi…

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:00:02 UTC.

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