[Imports] Microsoft Buildings Import Inquiry

[John Whelan]

 >The Microsoft building outline dataset is very simple, containing only 
the outline of the building. No address, no height, no building type. no 
name. It can be (and was) derived 100% from aerial imagery. IMO if 
someone loads that up, and manually approves each building, then that 
(IMO) is much less of an import.

It is not imagery and it is imported.  Therefore it really does need all 
the red tape for a formal import.

There have been some really poor building outlines created by AI 
software which means you really should distinguish your sources.

The other bigger here is who are the local community who approves such 
things.  Microsoft building outlines cover a lot of space.  If one 
person in the US feels that the quality isn't good enough does that stop 
the use of any import using the Microsoft building outlines or can local 
groups decide they are happy with the quality?  If so how do you define 
a local group.

Thanks John

Rory McCann wrote on 2019-02-18 10:11 AM:
> The Microsoft building outline dataset is very simple, containing only 
> the outline of the building. No address, no height, no building type. 
> no name. It can be (and was) derived 100% from aerial imagery. IMO if 
> someone loads that up, and manually approves each building, then that 
> (IMO) is much less of an import. 

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