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Urban & Building Data

Microsoft Building Footprints

Microsoft Building Footprints is a global building polygon dataset created using computer vision on satellite imagery, available as GeoJSON/Parquet with ODbL license.

Format GeoJSON / Parquet
Coverage Global (multiple regional releases)
Resolution Building-level polygons
License Open Data (ODbL)
Update Regional batch releases
Download source Open official source

Format

GeoJSON / Parquet

Geometry

Polygon (building footprints)

Coverage

Global (multiple regional releases)

Resolution

Building-level polygons

About this dataset

Global building footprint dataset from Microsoft using computer vision on satellite imagery across multiple continents.

Microsoft Building Footprints provides millions of building polygon footprints derived from satellite imagery using computer vision models. Released in multiple regional batches covering North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania, the dataset offers GeoJSON and Parquet downloads with ODbL licensing for broad reuse.

Urban planning Population estimation Disaster damage assessment 3D city modeling

How to download

  1. 1 Open the Microsoft Global ML Building Footprints GitHub repo.
  2. 2 Select the regional release covering your area of interest.
  3. 3 Download the GeoJSON or Parquet file for that country/region.
  4. 4 Open in QGIS or GeoDataViewer for building density and urban analysis.

GitHub repository

Download by region/country in GeoJSON or Parquet

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Microsoft Planetary Computer

STAC API access

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FAQ

What regions does Microsoft Building Footprints cover?

Microsoft has released building footprints for the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia and Latin America.

What format is the data in?

The dataset is available as GeoJSON and Apache Parquet files organized by country or region.