Legal and data attribution
License
UCIP's code is released under the Apache License 2.0. You are free to use, modify, and redistribute it, including commercially, as long as the license and attribution notices are preserved.
Data sources
Every dataset behind UCIP is free and public. Each carries its own license, which remains with the upstream provider:
| Source | Used for |
|---|---|
| Landsat 8/9 Collection 2 (USGS) | Land surface temperature and NDVI composites |
| WorldPop 100 m population | Population density estimates |
| ESA WorldCover v200 | Land cover, impervious surface, plantability screening |
| Google Earth Engine | Satellite data access and zonal statistics |
| OpenStreetMap contributors | Hospital locations (ODbL) |
| Datameet Municipal Spatial Data | BMC ward boundaries; slum-cluster polygons (context, not scored) |
| Census of India 2011, via OpenCity | Ward under-7 share (context, not scored) |
| NOAA Global Summary of the Day | Weather-station check of the satellite temperature layer |
| CARTO / OpenStreetMap | Basemap tiles on the dashboard |
| Natural Earth 1:10m physical | Regional coastline behind the landing-page model (public domain) |
Disclaimers
- UCIP is a research prototype, built independently. It is not an official tool of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or any government body, and no decision should rest on it alone.
- The heat measure is land surface temperature from satellites, which is not the same as the air temperature people feel.
- Slum density is estimated from mapped slum-cluster boundaries, not census records. The methodology page lists every proxy openly.
- Intervention recommendations are literature-based suggestions, not engineering assessments of specific sites.