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  • Urban Informatics
  • Environmental Science

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  • Detailed building footprint data is crucial but often lacks thematic information.
  • European regulations highlight the value of geospatial building data.
  • Increasing availability of global building footprint datasets presents an opportunity for enrichment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To integrate thematic attributes with 2.3 billion building footprints from Overture Maps.
  • To create the Global Human Settlement - Open Building Attribute Table (GHS-OBAT).
  • To enhance large-scale building stock analyses with comprehensive data.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized vector-raster integration techniques.
  • Applied zonal statistics at the building feature level.
  • Enriched building geometries with attributes from the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) data suite.

Main Results:

  • Successfully linked building construction epoch, height, function (residential/non-residential), and compactness to 2.3 billion building footprints.
  • Developed the GHS-OBAT dataset with nearly-global coverage.
  • Demonstrated the feasibility of large-scale, footprint-level attribute enrichment.

Conclusions:

  • The GHS-OBAT provides a novel, large-scale resource for building stock analysis.
  • This dataset significantly advances research in urbanization, disaster risk, energy transition, and urban planning.
  • Enriched building data facilitates more informed decision-making across diverse application domains.