A Python package to extract building footprints from multiple open data sources including Google Open Buildings, Microsoft Building Footprints, OpenStreetMap, and Overture Maps.
Run Example Notebook here:
- Extract building footprints from multiple sources:
- Google Open Buildings
- Microsoft Building Footprints
- OpenStreetMap
- Overture Maps
- Support for multiple output formats:
- GeoJSON
- GeoPackage
- Shapefile
- GeoJSONSeq
- GeoParquet
- Command-line
- Python API
- Streamlit web interface
Using pip:
pip install obe
Using poetry
poetry add obe
obe --source <source> --input <input.geojson> --output <output.geojson>
# Google Open Buildings obe --source google --input area.geojson --output google_buildings.geojson # Microsoft Building Footprints (requires location) obe --source microsoft --input area.geojson --output ms_buildings.geojson --location Nepal # OpenStreetMap obe --source osm --input area.geojson --output osm_buildings.geojson # Overture Maps obe --source overture --input area.geojson --output overture_buildings.geojson
from obe.app import download_buildings # Download buildings from any source download_buildings( source="google", # or "microsoft", "osm", "overture" input_path="area.geojson", output_path="buildings.geojson", format="geojson", # or "geopackage", "shapefile", "geojsonseq", "geoparquet" location=None # required for Microsoft ("Nepal", "India", etc.) )
{
"type": "FeatureCollection",
"features": [
{
"type": "Feature",
"properties": {},
"geometry": {
"type": "Polygon",
"coordinates": [
[
[83.96184435207743, 28.212767538129086],
[83.96184435207743, 28.20236573207498],
[83.97605449676462, 28.20236573207498],
[83.97605449676462, 28.212767538129086],
[83.96184435207743, 28.212767538129086]
]
]
}
}
]
}
- Initiated by @kshitijrajsharma