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Table 1 Data used to estimate travel time to public health facilities in Swaziland

From: Fine-scale malaria risk mapping from routine aggregated case data

Data layer

Category

Speed (km/h)

Land cover

Tree cover, broad leaved deciduous or evergreen

5

 

Tree cover, needle leaved, deciduous or evergreen

5

 

Tree cover, other

2

 

Shrub cover

5

 

Herbaceous cover

3

 

Sparse herbaceous

4

 

Cultivated and managed areas

5

 

Bare areas/desert

2

 

Water bodies/rivers

0

Digital elevation (slope)

0° (flat)

5.00

 

3.71

 

-5°

5.27

Roads

Motorway/trunk

80

 

Primary/secondary

60

 

Tertiary/unclassified

10