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Overture Open Buildings

Overture provides several open datasets. This was an experimental re-distribution of their buildings dataset release from mid-2023 transformed into with 'Cloud-Native Geospatial' formats (PMTiles, GeoParquet). They now release all data in those formats, so please use https://docs.overturemaps.org/release/latest/ to get the data.

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: building footprints (vector, GeoParquet) · Overture Places (POIs, GeoParquet) · buildings PMTiles (overture-buildings.pmtiles) · DuckDB database of the refined data
Coverage docs-verified: Global (catalogue regions); data repartitioned by country · Snapshot of the mid-2023 buildings release
Formats docs-verified: GeoParquet · PMTiles · DuckDB
Access docs-verified: Public access; licence not stated in DOCS (ENTRY says see product README)

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Building footprint counts and built-up area for FRA flood exposure screening · Impervious area estimation from building footprints for drainage strategy inputs · POI and building context mapping for planning and site constraint reports
Audience llm-inferred: GIS analysts · flood consultants · drainage engineers · planners

Limitations

Constraints docs-verified: Experimental re-distribution; DOCS say it is currently just a set of experiments · Superseded: Overture now releases all data in these formats, so use the Overture latest release docs instead · Based on the mid-2023 release, so it is a dated snapshot · geoparquet-country-quad-2 is incomplete and DOCS advise ignoring it · Buildings PMTiles is 89.5 GB; the Places PMTiles is not hosted here · Licence not stated in DOCS text

Licence: see product README
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