[Talk-ca] Building Canada 2020 (BC2020i) Microsoft has released 120, 000, 000 building outlines for the US

Fri Jul 13 23:05:16 UTC 2018

Hi John and greetings to all BC2020i friends,

As mentioned in our last update, my team is compiling a database of building footprints from municipal open data sources; this dataset is now approaching 4 million footprints and covers both major urban areas as well as some rural municipalities. We hope to release this entire database over the summer with an open data license, compatible with OSM imports.

We had a positive discussion with the Bing Maps team and talked about possible collaborations in enhancing open data availability of building footprints in Canada. At this stage, the discussion is still exploratory but, in my view, it was certainly a positive and encouraging exchange.

Reaching a nearly complete coverage of building footprints from municipal open data sources and satellite imagery processing would be a fantastic achievement for an open data agenda that would benefit BC2020i, the OSM community and all Canadians alike.

More updates soon. Stay tuned!

Alessandro

Alessandro Alasia
Chief | Chef
Data Exploration and Integration Lab (DEIL) | Lab pour l’exploration et l’intégration de données (LEID)
Center for Special Business Projects | Centre des Projets Spéciaux sur les entreprises
Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada
alessandro.alasia at canada.ca<mailto:alessandro.alasia at canada.ca> / (613) 796-6049

From: john whelan [mailto:jwhelan0112 at gmail.com]
Sent: July 12, 2018 7:19 PM
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Subject: Building Canada 2020 (BC2020i) Microsoft has released 120,000,000 building outlines for the US

I'm not sure what the implications are but hopefully they'll do Canada soon.

OSM-weekly.

Cheerio John
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