Regional Markets intelligence system
fix(gis): correct population-source attribution from WorldPop to Kontur Population, the actual live pipeline source
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Clusters are counted by tier — Regional, District, and Local anchors — on th **Kontur Population 2023 (CC BY 4.0).** A global H3 resolution-8 population hex grid covering all 24 countries; aggregated to H3 resolution-7 (≈1.22 km² per cell) for catchment calculations. **WorldPop 100-metre raster (2026 release, CC BY 4.0).** Used in combination with per-country spend multipliers from BLS (United States), Statistics Canada, and Eurostat household budget surveys to model grocery, hardware, and wholesale spend potential at the catchment level. **Per-country spend multipliers** from BLS (United States), Statistics Canada, and Eurostat household budget surveys are applied to the same Kontur-derived population figure to model grocery, hardware, and wholesale spend potential at the catchment level — spend is not drawn from a separate population source. Clusters are formed in two passes: the first identifies hypermarket and full-anchor cores, the second adds peripheral hardware and warehouse-club anchors that fall within the cluster's span. @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ The catchment model assigns each cluster a primary and secondary trade area defi | Primary | 35 km | Local-residence trade area | | Secondary | 150 km | Regional draw | Catchment population and spend are calculated by intersecting these rings with H3 resolution-7 hexagons (≈1.22 km² per cell) populated from Kontur Population 2023 and modelled spend from WorldPop combined with per-country household-budget multipliers. Catchment population and spend are calculated by intersecting these rings with H3 resolution-7 hexagons (≈1.22 km² per cell) populated from Kontur Population 2023; spend is modelled from that same population figure combined with per-country household-budget multipliers. ### Catchment dimensions and mobility catchments @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Work planned or intended for the next iterations of the system. --- *Reference data current as of 30 May 2026. Sources: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps Foundation (CDLA Permissive 2.0); Kontur Population 2023 (CC BY 4.0); WorldPop 2026 (CC BY 4.0); Beck et al. 2018 Köppen-Geiger raster (CC BY 4.0); WWF Ecoregions 2017 (CC BY 4.0); US LODES (public domain); Spain MITMA mobility (open data).* *Reference data current as of 30 May 2026. Sources: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps Foundation (CDLA Permissive 2.0); Kontur Population 2023 (CC BY 4.0); Beck et al. 2018 Köppen-Geiger raster (CC BY 4.0); WWF Ecoregions 2017 (CC BY 4.0); US LODES (public domain); Spain MITMA mobility (open data).* ## See Also