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Microsoft Building Footprints

This product re-packages Microsoft's Open Building Footprint data available from [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/GlobalMLBuildingFootprints) into cloud native Parquet files following [best practices](https://github.com/opengeospatial/geoparquet/blob/main/format-specs/distributing-geoparquet.md). This is different from the version created by [VIDA](https://source.coop/vida/google-microsoft-osm-open-buildings), using the latest version of Microsoft's footprint data and separating it out from

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: building footprints (Microsoft Open Building Footprint data, re-packaged)
Coverage llm-inferred: Global (per ENTRY regions metadata; DOCS do not state geographic coverage)
Formats docs-verified: Parquet · GeoParquet
Access docs-verified: Public, anonymous HTTPS/S3 access via data.source.coop (per ENTRY). Licence not stated in DOCS; see product README.

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Building count and footprint area within a flood extent for FRA exposure screening · Impermeable area estimates from footprints for drainage strategy inputs · Building footprint constraints layer for early site layout and access planning
Audience llm-inferred: GIS analysts · flood consultants · drainage engineers · planners

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Licence not stated in DOCS; check the product README before commercial use · DOCS do not state UK coverage, completeness or accuracy of the footprints · Footprint attribute fields are not documented in DOCS · Re-packaged dataset; the upstream source is Microsoft's GitHub release, so updates depend on that upstream

Licence: see product README
Authentication: Public; anonymous HTTPS/S3 access via data.source.coop
GitHub stars: Unknown
Last commit: Unknown
Last successful page check: 14/10/2026
Page health: page reachable
Package: Not recorded
Verification: Not independently verified

Provenance & evidence

Verified via Source Cooperative API /api/v1/products/hdx (public product, updated 2026-06-09).

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: manual-2026-10-15 (source.coop)