This global accessibility map enumerates land-based travel time (in
minutes) to the nearest hospital or clinic for all areas between 85
degrees north and 60 degrees south for a nominal year 2019. It also
includes "walking-only" travel time, using non-motorized means of
transportation only.
Major data collection efforts underway by OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, and
academic researchers have been harnessed to compile the most complete
collection of healthcare facility locations to date. This map was
produced through a collaboration between MAP (University of Oxford),
Telethon Kids Institute (Perth, Australia), Google, and the University
of Twente, Netherlands.
This project builds on previous work published by Weiss et al 2018
(doi:10.1038/nature25181).
Weiss et al (2018) utilised datasets for roads
(comprising the first ever global-scale use of Open Street Map and Google
roads datasets), railways, rivers, lakes, oceans, topographic conditions
(slope and elevation), landcover types, and national borders. These
datasets were each allocated a speed or speeds of travel in terms of time
to cross each pixel of that type. The datasets were then combined to
produce a "friction surface": a map where every pixel is allocated a
nominal overall speed of travel based on the types occurring within that
pixel. For the current project, an updated friction surface was created to
incorporate recent improvements within OSM roads data.
Least-cost-path algorithms (run in Google Earth Engine and, for
high-latitude areas, in R) were used in conjunction with this friction
surface to calculate the time of travel from all locations to the nearest
(in time) healthcare facility. The healthcare facilities dataset utilized
location data from two of the largest global databases: (1) OSM data that
was collated and made available for download at
www.healthsites.io; and (2) data
extracted from Google Maps. The global datasets were augmented with
continental-scale facility locations that were recently published for
Africa and Australia. To facilitate comparisons between data sources, only
facilities defined as hospitals and clinics were used. Multiple points
found within the same pixel were merged to match the resolution of the
analysis as defined by the selected gridded representation of the Earth's
surface. Each pixel in the resultant accessibility map thus represents the
modelled shortest time (in minutes) from that location to a hospital or
clinic.
Source dataset credits are as described in the accompanying paper.
Bands
Pixel Size 927.67 meters
Bands
Name
Units
Min
Max
Pixel Size
Description
accessibility
min
0
41504.1
meters
Travel time to the nearest hospital or clinic.
accessibility_walking_only
min
0
138893
meters
Travel time to the nearest hospital or clinic using non-motorized transport.
D.J. Weiss, A. Nelson, C.A. Vargas-Ruiz, K. Gligorić, S. Bavadekar,
E. Gabrilovich, A. Bertozzi-Villa, J. Rozier, H.S. Gibson, T. Shekel,
C. Kamath, A. Lieber, K. Schulman, Y. Shao, V. Qarkaxhija, A.K. Nandi,
S.H. Keddie, S. Rumisha, E. Cameron, K.E. Battle, S. Bhatt, P.W. Gething.
Global maps of travel time to healthcare facilities. Nature Medicine (2020).
This global accessibility map enumerates land-based travel time (in minutes) to the nearest hospital or clinic for all areas between 85 degrees north and 60 degrees south for a nominal year 2019. It also includes "walking-only" travel time, using non-motorized means of transportation only. Major data collection efforts underway by …
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It also\nincludes \"walking-only\" travel time, using non-motorized means of\ntransportation only.\n\nMajor data collection efforts underway by OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, and\nacademic researchers have been harnessed to compile the most complete\ncollection of healthcare facility locations to date. This map was\nproduced through a collaboration between MAP (University of Oxford),\nTelethon Kids Institute (Perth, Australia), Google, and the University\nof Twente, Netherlands.\n\nThis project builds on previous work published by Weiss et al 2018\n([doi:10.1038/nature25181](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25181)).\nWeiss et al (2018) utilised datasets for roads\n(comprising the first ever global-scale use of Open Street Map and Google\nroads datasets), railways, rivers, lakes, oceans, topographic conditions\n(slope and elevation), landcover types, and national borders. These\ndatasets were each allocated a speed or speeds of travel in terms of time\nto cross each pixel of that type. The datasets were then combined to\nproduce a \"friction surface\": a map where every pixel is allocated a\nnominal overall speed of travel based on the types occurring within that\npixel. For the current project, an updated friction surface was created to\nincorporate recent improvements within OSM roads data.\n\nLeast-cost-path algorithms (run in Google Earth Engine and, for\nhigh-latitude areas, in R) were used in conjunction with this friction\nsurface to calculate the time of travel from all locations to the nearest\n(in time) healthcare facility. The healthcare facilities dataset utilized\nlocation data from two of the largest global databases: (1) OSM data that\nwas collated and made available for download at\n[www.healthsites.io](https://www.healthsites.io/); and (2) data\nextracted from Google Maps. The global datasets were augmented with\ncontinental-scale facility locations that were recently published for\nAfrica and Australia. To facilitate comparisons between data sources, only\nfacilities defined as hospitals and clinics were used. Multiple points\nfound within the same pixel were merged to match the resolution of the\nanalysis as defined by the selected gridded representation of the Earth's\nsurface. Each pixel in the resultant accessibility map thus represents the\nmodelled shortest time (in minutes) from that location to a hospital or\nclinic.\n\nSource dataset credits are as described in the accompanying paper.\n\n### Bands\n\n\n**Pixel Size**\n\n927.67 meters\n\n**Bands**\n\n| Name | Units | Min | Max | Pixel Size | Description |\n|------------------------------|-------|-----|---------|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `accessibility` | min | 0 | 41504.1 | meters | Travel time to the nearest hospital or clinic. |\n| `accessibility_walking_only` | min | 0 | 138893 | meters | Travel time to the nearest hospital or clinic using non-motorized transport. |\n\n### Terms of Use\n\n**Terms of Use**\n\nThis work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution\n4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n\n### Citations\n\nCitations:\n\n- D.J. Weiss, A. Nelson, C.A. Vargas-Ruiz, K. Gligorić, S. Bavadekar,\n E. Gabrilovich, A. Bertozzi-Villa, J. Rozier, H.S. Gibson, T. Shekel,\n C. Kamath, A. Lieber, K. Schulman, Y. Shao, V. Qarkaxhija, A.K. Nandi,\n S.H. Keddie, S. Rumisha, E. Cameron, K.E. Battle, S. Bhatt, P.W. Gething.\n Global maps of travel time to healthcare facilities. Nature Medicine (2020).\n\n### Explore with Earth Engine\n\n| **Important:** Earth Engine is a platform for petabyte-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets, both for public benefit and for business and government users. Earth Engine is free to use for research, education, and nonprofit use. To get started, please [register for Earth Engine access.](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth-engine)\n\n### Code Editor (JavaScript)\n\n```javascript\nvar dataset = ee.Image('Oxford/MAP/accessibility_to_healthcare_2019');\nvar accessibility = dataset.select('accessibility');\nvar accessibilityVis = {\n min: 0.0,\n max: 41556.0,\n gamma: 4.0,\n};\nMap.setCenter(18.98, 6.66, 2);\nMap.addLayer(accessibility, accessibilityVis, 'Accessibility');\n```\n[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/Oxford/Oxford_MAP_accessibility_to_healthcare_2019) \n[Accessibility to Healthcare 2019](/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/Oxford_MAP_accessibility_to_healthcare_2019) \nThis global accessibility map enumerates land-based travel time (in minutes) to the nearest hospital or clinic for all areas between 85 degrees north and 60 degrees south for a nominal year 2019. It also includes \"walking-only\" travel time, using non-motorized means of transportation only. Major data collection efforts underway by ... \nOxford/MAP/accessibility_to_healthcare_2019, accessibility,jrc,map,oxford,population,twente \n2019-01-01T00:00:00Z/2020-01-01T00:00:00Z \n-60 -180 85 180 \nGoogle Earth Engine \nhttps://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets\n\n- [](https://doi.org/https://malariaatlas.org/research-project/accessibility-to-cities/)\n- [](https://doi.org/https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/Oxford_MAP_accessibility_to_healthcare_2019)"]]
