All outputs from the Crosscut application are provided under CC0 1.0 and may be used and/or adapted for any purpose without attribution.

If you would like to cite the Crosscut application in any publications you make based on the outputs of the tool, here is an example of how to structure the attribution. However, this is not required under the CC0 1.0 license.

Example of Attribution

Catchment Area Maps produced by Crosscut are licensed under CC0 1.0

Markdown Used to Generate Attribution

[Catchment Area Maps](https://app.crosscut.io/) produced by [Crosscut](https://crosscut.io/) are licensed under [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)

The outputs of the Crosscut application draw from a variety of different sources, all of which are provided by the creators under open data licenses or do not have restrictions placed on their use beyond requiring attribution. Please see below for the list of data sources used to generate the outputs of the application.

• geoBoundaries Administrative Boundaries by geoBoundaries is licensed under CC BY 4.0
• Google Open Buildings by Google Research is licensed under CC BY 4.0
• GRID3 Population Data by GRID3 is licensed under CC BY 4.0
• Kontur Population Density Dataset by Kontur is licensed under CC BY 4.0
• Meta Population Counts by Data for Good at Meta is licensed under CC BY 4.0
• OCHA Administrative Boundaries by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is licensed under CC BY 4.0
• WorldPop Population Counts by WorldPop is licensed under CC BY 4.0
• Climate Change Initiative Land Cover is provided by the European Space Agency. No specific licensing information available. Copyright notice: © Contains modified Copernicus data (2015/2016); © ESA Climate Change Initiative - Land Cover project 2017
• Facebook Roads by Open Mapping at Facebook is licensed under the MIT License
• OSM Road, River, and Building Locations by OpenStreetMap is licensed under ODbL
• Terrain Tiles are provided by Mapzen. No specific licensing information available.

Global Access Commitment

Crosscut manages access to our application in a manner that ensures Global Access. "Global Access" means: (a) the knowledge and information gained from the application are promptly and broadly disseminated via our publicly available application accessed at https://app.crosscut.io, and (b) our application is made available and accessible at an affordable price to people most in need within developing countries. We fulfill this commitment by making the application free of charge to users.

Crosscut catchment area maps are recognized as a Digital Public Good. According to the Digital Public Goods Alliance:

    The Digital Public Goods Standard is a set of specifications and guidelines designed to maximise consensus 
    about whether a digital solution conforms to the definition of a digital public good. According to the UN 
    Secretary General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, digital public goods are open-source software, open 
    standards, open data, open AI systems, and open content collections that adhere to privacy and other 
    applicable best practices, do no harm, and are of high relevance for attainment of the United Nations 
    2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Waiver of Liability

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Crosscut offers several open datasets to assist Global Health practitioners to make programs more effective and efficient. Specifically, Crosscut offers "settlement-based" catchment areas and microplans (i.e. population and building estimates) that can be accessed at https://app.crosscut.io and clicking on 'SEE AN EXAMPLE'. We have identified the largest settlements in each countries, placed a name on these settlements where we have been able to find one, defined the catchment area for each, and provide the estimated population and buildings in that catchment area. For population, we include data from several sources and broken out by age and gender. For buildings, we similarly include data from several sources.

The catchment area boundaries, uniquely generated by Crosscut, with all corresponding metadata described below, can be accessed by clicking on the three dots to the right of the catchment area. Here you can download the data in an easily digestible format to include PDF and geojson. The metadata for each catchment area can be downloaded by navigating to the 'SEE MICROPLAN' tab.

Last Updated: November 1, 2023

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