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Building

Buildings are man-made structures with roofs that exist permanently in one place.

A building's geometry represents the two-dimensional footprint of the building as viewed from directly above, looking down. Fields such as height and num_floors allow the three-dimensional shape to be approximated. Some buildings, identified by the has_parts field, have associated BuildingPart features which can be used to generate a more representative 3D model of the building.

Fields

NameTypeDescription
idIdA feature ID. This may be an ID associated with the Global Entity Reference System (GERS) if—and-only-if the feature represents an entity that is part of GERS.
bboxbbox (optional)An optional bounding box for the feature
geometrygeometryThe building's footprint or roofprint (if traced from aerial/satellite imagery).

Allowed geometry types: MultiPolygon, Polygon
theme"buildings"
type"building"
versionFeatureVersion
subtypeBuildingSubtype (optional)A broad classification of the current use and purpose of the building.

If the current use of the building no longer accords with the original built purpose, the current use should be specified. For example, a building built as a train station but later converted into a shopping mall would have the value "commercial" rather than "transportation".
classBuildingClass (optional)A more specific classification of the current use and purpose of the building.

If the current use of the building no longer accords with the original built purpose, the current use should be specified.
has_partsboolean (optional)Whether the building has associated building part features

strict=True
levelLevel (optional)Z-order of the feature where 0 is visual level
heightfloat64 (optional)Height of the building or part in meters.

This is the distance from the lowest point to the highest point.

> 0
is_undergroundboolean (optional)Whether the entire building or part is completely below ground.

The underground flag is useful for display purposes. Buildings and building parts that are entirely below ground can be styled differently or omitted from the rendered image.

This flag is conceptually different from the level field, which indicates relative z-ordering and, notably, can be negative even if the building is entirely above-ground.

strict=True
num_floorsint32 (optional)Number of above-ground floors of the building or part.

> 0
num_floors_undergroundint32 (optional)Number of below-ground floors of the building or part.

> 0
min_heightfloat64 (optional)Altitude above ground where the bottom of the building or building part starts.

If present, this value indicates that the lowest part of the building or building part starts is above ground level.
min_floorint32 (optional)Start floor of this building or part.

If present, this value indicates that the building or part is "floating" and its bottom-most floor is above ground level, usually because it is part of a larger building in which some parts do reach down to ground level. An example is a building that has an entry road or driveway at ground level into an interior courtyard, where part of the building bridges above the entry road. This property may sometimes be populated when min_height is missing and in these cases can be used as a proxy for min_height.

> 0
facade_colorHexColor (optional)Facade color in #rgb or #rrggbb hex notation
facade_materialFacadeMaterial (optional)Outer surface material of the facade
roof_materialRoofMaterial (optional)Outer surface material of the roof
roof_shapeRoofShape (optional)Shape of the roof
roof_directionfloat64 (optional)Bearing of the roof ridge line in degrees

≥ 0
< 360
roof_orientationRoofOrientation (optional)Orientation of the roof shape relative to the footprint shape
roof_colorHexColor (optional)The roof color in #rgb or #rrggbb hex notation
roof_heightfloat64 (optional)Height of the roof in meters.

This is the distance from the base of the roof to its highest point.

Examples

ColumnValue
id148f35b1-7bc1-4180-9280-10d39b13883b
bbox.xmin-176.643798828125
bbox.xmax-176.64349365234375
bbox.ymin-43.9938850402832
bbox.ymax-43.993709564208984
geometryPOLYGON ((-176.6435004 -43.9938042, -176.6435738 -43.9937107, -176.6437726 -43.9937913, -176.6436...
themebuildings
typebuilding
version1
sources[0].property
sources[0].datasetOpenStreetMap
sources[0].record_idw519166507@1
sources[0].update_time2017-08-27T21:39:50.000Z
sources[0].confidencenull
sources[0].betweennull
subtypenull
classnull
has_partsfalse
namesnull
levelnull
heightnull
is_undergroundfalse
num_floorsnull
num_floors_undergroundnull
min_heightnull
min_floornull
facade_colornull
facade_materialnull
roof_materialnull
roof_shapenull
roof_directionnull
roof_orientationnull
roof_colornull
roof_heightnull