ARartur_makly·Oct 12, 2018Submission
2 points · Open discussionmicrosoft
USBuildingFootprints
OPEN SOURCE2018–2018
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USBuildingFootprints
Computer generated building footprints for the United States
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What it is
Computer generated building footprints for the United States
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Observed mentions: 2018-06-28 16:57:27 UTC to 2018-10-12 15:05:15 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jun 25 | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jul 2 | 2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jul 9 | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 16 | 2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 23 | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-07-30 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 30 | 2018-07-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 6 | 2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 13 | 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 20 | 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 27 | 2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-09-03 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 3 | 2018-09-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-09-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | 2018-09-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-09-17 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | 2018-09-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-10-08 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | 2018-10-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-10-15 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
7 sourcesComputer generated building footprints for the United States
2 points · Open discussion> There is also some controversy around it
Do you have a link to some commentary on this?
I'm aware of MS's generated US building footprints[0] but this hasn't (yet) been integrated into OSM (largely I think due to quality and bulk-import etiquette worries). And also StreetSide[1] but this isn't imported into OSM itself, rather it's displayed as an aid for editors.
Facebook is looking at contributions similar to MS's US building footprints (but for roads), but again this is mainly around tooling and generation rather than data sources, and is speculative as far as I've seen.
[0] https://github.com/Microsoft/USBuildingFootprints
[1] https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/pull/5050
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