GlobalBuildingAtlas: An Open Global and Complete Dataset of Building Polygons, Heights, and LoD1 3D Models

Paper

1. Overview

GlobalBuildingAtlas is a dataset providing global and complete coverage of building polygons (GBA.Polygon), heights (GBA.Height), and Level of Detail 1 (LoD1) 3D building models (GBA.LoD1).

It is the first open dataset to offer high-quality, consistent, and complete building data in 2D and 3D at the individual building level on a global scale.

⚠️ Note:
This repository contains only building polygons delivered under Open Database License (ODbL) (GBA.Polygon) of the GlobalBuildingAtlas dataset. These building polygons are from OpenStreetMap and Microsoft. Consequently, this repository (GBA.ODbLPolygon) is distributed under the ODbL license as well.
For the complete dataset, please refer to mediaTUM.

More details: https://github.com/zhu-xlab/GlobalBuildingAtlas

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2. Format and Structure

File names reflect the geographic extent in EPSG:4326 (WGS84):

• 5° × 5° tiles:
  {e/w}{lon_min}_{n/s}{lat_max}_{e/w}{lon_max}_{n/s}{lat_min}

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3. License

The building polygon data in this repository (GBA.ODbLPolygon) are licensed under the
Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 — https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

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