Calculate zonal statistics of regions using WorldPop data

WorldPop release age and gender disaggregated data at 5 year age gaps globally. This tool accepts a shapefile of polygon regions, and calculates the zonal statistics for each area.

Usage

Edit the config file. There are six arguments to set:

• SERVICE_ACCOUNT: Email address for google cloud platform service account.
• JSON_PATH: Path to service account credentials json.
• GCP_PROJECT: Earth engine-enabled google cloud project.
• BUCKET_NAME: Google cloud storage bucket name.
• POLYGONS_PATH: Path to a shapefile containing polygon regions, e.g. administrative boundaries for a country.
• COUNTRY_CODE: A three letter country code, e.g. for Madagascar use 'mdg'.