Distribution of workplaces in Warsaw 2015-2025 in high spatial resolution

This data presents a 100 square meters spatially disaggregated dataset of workplace locations in Warsaw for the years 2015 and 2025. The dataset was created by integrating employment data from the Warsaw Traffic Survey (WTS) 2015 with high-resolution geospatial data from the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL, R2023), taking into account areas with missing data from OpenStreetMap (OSM). In 2015, WTS reported 804,760 workplaces in 800 transport zones. To enable fine-scale analysis, these values were redistributed to a 100 m GHSL grid using non-residential built-up volume and height as allocation factors. Areas without employment, such as parks, cemeteries, airport runways, the Vistula river, and water areas, were excluded using OSM data.
produced The 2025 dataset by updating the 2015 distribution with changes in non-residential built-up volume between 2015 and 2025, as well as incorporating newly constructed skyscrapers not included in GHSL 2018 height data. The result is two harmonised datasets representing workplace distribution across Warsaw at 100 m resolution. These datasets provide valuable input for studies of urban accessibility, transport equity, and land-use–transport interactions, and the methodological framework can be replicated in other urban contexts.