Measuring the accuracy of gridded human population density surfaces: A case study in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

• Brendan Fries ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brendan Fries, Carlos A. Guerra, David L. Smith, Andrew J. Dolgert

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: bfries2@jh.edu

  Affiliations South and Central Africa ICEMR, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America, Spatial Science for Public Health Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

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• Carlos A. Guerra ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brendan Fries, Carlos A. Guerra, David L. Smith, Andrew J. Dolgert

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Care Development International, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America

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• Guillermo A. García,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Care Development International, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America

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• Sean L. Wu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Divisions of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States of America

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• Jordan M. Smith,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Medical Care Development International, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

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• Jeremías Nzamio Mba Oyono,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Medical Care Development International, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

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• Olivier T. Donfack,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Medical Care Development International, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

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• José Osá Osá Nfumu,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Medical Care Development International, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

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• Simon I. Hay,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Metrics Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0611-7272

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• David L. Smith ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brendan Fries, Carlos A. Guerra, David L. Smith, Andrew J. Dolgert

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Health Metrics Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Andrew J. Dolgert

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brendan Fries, Carlos A. Guerra, David L. Smith, Andrew J. Dolgert

  Roles Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6477-7981

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