Humans need food, shelter, and water to survive. Our planet provides the resources to help fulfill these needs and many more. But exactly how much of an impact are we making on our planet? And will we reach a point at which the Earth can no longer support our growing population?Just like a bank account tracks money spent and earned, the relationship between human consumption of resources and the number of resources the Earth can supply—our human footprint—can be measured. Our human footprint can be calculated for an individual, town, or country, and quantifies the intensity of human pressures on the environment. The Human Footprint map layer is designed to do this by deriving a value representing the magnitude of the human footprint per one square kilometer (0.39 square miles) for every biome.This map layer was created by scientists with data from NASA's Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center to highlight where human pressures are most extreme in hopes to reduce environmental damage. The Human Footprint map asks the question, where are the least influenced, most “wild” parts of the world?The Human Footprint map was produced by combining thirteen global data layers that spatially visualize what is presumed to be the most prominent ways humans influence the environment. These layers include human population pressure (population density), human land use and infrastructure (built-up areas, nighttime lights, land use/land cover), and human access (coastlines, roads, railroads, navigable rivers). Based on the amount of overlap between layers, each square kilometer value is scaled between zero and one for each biome. Meaning that if an area in a Moist Tropical Forest biome scored a value of one, that square kilometer of land is part of the one percent least influenced/most wild area in its biome. Knowing this, we can help preserve the more wild areas in every biome, while also highlighting where to start mitigating human pressures in areas with high human footprints.So how can you reduce your individual human footprint? Here are just a few ways:Recycle: Recycling helps conserve resources, reduces water and air pollution, and helps save space in overcrowded landfills.Use less water: The average American uses 310 liters (82 gallons) of water a day. Reduce water consumption by taking shorter showers, turning off the water when brushing your teeth, avoiding pouring excess drinking water down the sink, and washing fruits and vegetables in a bowl of water rather than under the tap.Reduce driving: When you can, walk, bike, or take a bus instead of driving. Even 3 kilometers (2 miles) in a car puts about two pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. If you must drive, try to carpool to reduce pollution. Lastly, skip the drive-through. You pollute more when you sit in a line while your car is emitting pollutant gases.Know how much you’re consuming: Most people are unaware of how much they are consuming every day. Calculate your individual ecological footprint to see how you can reduce your consumption here.Systemic implications: Individually, we are a rounding error. Take some time to understand how our individual actions can inform more systemic changes that may ultimately have a bigger impact on reducing humanity's overarching footprint.

Polygon geometry displaying Building Footprints in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.Metadata

Shapefile of historical footprint outlines of buildings in New York City. Please see the following link for additional documentation- https://github.com/CityOfNewYork/nyc-planimetrics/blob/master/Capture_Rules.md. Previously posted versions of the data are retained to comply with Local Law 106 of 2015 and can be provided upon request made to Open Data.

Building structures include parking garages, ruins, monuments, and buildings under construction along with residential, commercial, industrial, apartment, townhouses, duplexes, etc. Buildings equal to or larger than 9.29 square meters (100 square feet) are captured. Buildings are delineated around the roof line showing the building "footprint." Roof breaks and rooflines, such as between individual residences in row houses or separate spaces in office structures, are captured to partition building footprints. This includes capturing all sheds, garages, or other non-addressable buildings over 100 square feet throughout the city. Atriums, courtyards, and other “holes” in buildings created as part of demarcating the building outline are not part of the building capture. This includes construction trailers greater than 100 square feet. Memorials are delineated around a roof line showing the building "footprint."Bleachers are delineated around the base of connected sets of bleachers. Parking Garages are delineated at the perimeter of the parking garage including ramps. Parking garages sharing a common boundary with linear features must have the common segment captured once. A parking garage is only attributed as such if there is rooftop parking. Not all rooftop parking is a parking garage, however. There are structures that only have rooftop parking but serve as a business. Those are captured as buildings. Fountains are delineated around the base of fountain structures.

Area layers of US, Australia, and Canada building footprints for use with GIS mapping software, databases, and web applications.

Building. The dataset contains polygons representing planimetric buildings, created as part of the DC Geographic Information System (DC GIS) for the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). These features were originally captured in 1999 and updated in 2005, 2008, and 2010. The following planimetric layers were updated: - Building Polygons (BldgPly) - Bridge and Tunnel Polygons (BrgTunPly) - Horizontal and Vertical Control Points (GeoControlPt) - Obscured Area Polygons (ObsAreaPly) - Railroad Lines (RailRdLn) - Road, Parking, and Driveway Polygons (RoadPly) - Sidewalk Polygons (SidewalkPly) - Wooded Areas (WoodPly) Two new layers were added: - Basketball and Other Recreation Courts (RecCourtPly) - Wheelchair Ramps (TransMiscPt).

This dataset contains photogrammetrically compiled roof outlines of buildings. All near orthogonal corners are square. Buildings that are less than 400 square feet are not captured. Special consideration is given to garages that are less than 400 square feet and will be digitized when greater than 200 square feet. Interim rooflines, such as dormers and party walls, as well as minor structures, such as carports, decks, patios, stairs, etc., and impermanent structures, such as sheds, are not shown. Large buildings which appear to house activities that are commercial or industrial in nature are shown as commercial/industrial. Structures that appear to be primarily residential in nature, including hotels and apartment buildings are shown as residential buildings. Structures which appear to be used or owned primarily by governmental, nonprofit, religious, or charitable organizations, or which serve a public function are shown as public buildings. Structures which are closely associated with a larger building, such as a garage, are shown as an out building. Structures which cannot be clearly defined as Industrial/Commercial; Residential; Public; or Out Buildings are flagged as such for later categorization. The classification of buildings is subject to the interpretation from the aerial photography and may not reflect the building’s actual use. Buildings that have an area less than the minimum required size for data capture will occasionally be present in the Geodatabase. Buildings are not removed after they have been digitized and determined to be less than the minimum required size.

Development Notes: Data meets or exceeds map accuracy standards in effect during the spring of 1992 and updated as a result of a flyover in the spring of 2004 and 2015. Original data was derived from aerial photography flown in the spring of 1992 for the eastern half of the County and the spring of 1993 for the western half of the County. Photography was produced at a scale of 1"=1500'. Mapping was stereo digitized at a scale of 1"=200'.

Echo’s Building Footprint datasets have been built to ensure ongoing accuracy & precision.

We use satellite imagery, machine learning & human verification, to define the most precise boundaries of any location (stores, landmarks, amenities, offices, etc.) and build polygon-based "geofences" around 25.4M+ places in the US, U.K., France, Spain, Italy and Germany.

By doing so, it is possible to identify the precise footprints so companies can benefit from an accurate geospatial analysis of countries, cities, or even local neighbourhoods.

With Echo's Building Footprint data it is possible to: - Build location-based strategies fast - Increase accuracy of Foot Traffic data - Pinpoint locations for highly precise Mapping - Improve Site Selection processes

Clients using this dataset are commonly from: - Commercial Real Estate & PropTech - Retail - Investment Banking

The shape and orientation of the ground floor of all structures in a local government. This information is typically compiled from orthoimagery or other aerial photography sources. This representation of the building footprints support the local government basemaps. It also serves as a source for public works, public safety, planning and other agencies that are responsible for the active management of site addresses, facilities, and land use information.

Human encroachment into wildlands has resulted in a rapid increase in wildland–urban interface (WUI) expansion, exposing more buildings and population to wildfire risks. More frequent mapping of structures and WUIs at a finer spatial resolution is needed for WUI characterization and hazard assessment. However, most approaches rely on high-resolution commercial satellite data with a particular focus on urban areas. We developed a deep learning framework tailored for building footprint detection in the transitional wildland–urban areas. We leveraged meter scale aerial imageries publicly available from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) every 2 years. Our approach integrated Mobile-UNet and generative adversarial network. The deep learning models trained over three counties in California performed well in detecting building footprints across diverse landscapes, with an F1 score of 0.62, 0.67, and 0.75 in the interface WUI, intermix WUI, and rural regions, respectively. The bi-annual mapping captured both housing expansion and wildfire-caused building damages. The 30 m WUI maps generated from these finer footprints showed more granularity than the existing census tract-based maps and captured the transition of WUI dynamics well. More frequent updates of building footprint and improved WUI mapping will improve our understanding of WUI dynamics and provide guidance for adaptive strategies on community planning and wildfire hazard reduction.

NYS Building Footprints - metadata info:The New York State building footprints service contains building footprints with address information. The footprints have address point information folded in from the Streets and Address Matching (SAM - https://gis.ny.gov/streets/) address point file. The building footprints have a field called “Address Range”, this field shows (where available) either a single address or an address range, depending on the address points that fall within the footprint. Ex: 3860 Atlantic Avenue or Ex: 32 - 34 Wheatfield Circle Building footprints in New York State are from four different sources: Microsoft, Open Data, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and Geospatial Services. The majority of the footprints are from NYSERDA, except in NYC where the primary source was Open Data. Microsoft footprints were added where the other 2 sources were missing polygons. Field Descriptions: NYSGeo Source : tells the end user if the source is NYSERDA, Microsoft, NYC Open Data, and could expand from here in the futureAddress Point Count: the number of address points that fall within that building footprintAddress Range : If an address point falls within a footprint it lists the range of those address points. Ex: if a building is on a corner of South Pearl and Beaver Street, 40 points fall on the building, and 35 are South Pearl Street it would give the range of addresses for South Pearl. We also removed sub addresses from this range, primarily apartment related. For example, in above example, it would not list 30 South Pearl, Apartment 5A, it would list 30 South Pearl.Most Common Street : the street name of the largest number of address points. In the above example, it would list “South Pearl” as the most common street since the majority of address points list it as the street. Other Streets: the list of other streets that fall within the building footprint, if any. In the above example, “Beaver Street” would be listed since address points for Beaver Street fall on the footprint but are not in the majority.County Name : County name populated from CIESINs. If not populated from CIESINs, identified by the GSMunicipality Name : Municipality name populated from CIESINs. If not populated from CIESINs, identified by the GSSource: Source where the data came from. If NYSGeo Source = NYSERDA, the data would typically list orthoimagery, LIDAR, county data, etc.Source ID: if NYSGeo Source = NYSERDA, Source ID would typically list an orthoimage or LIDAR tileSource Date: Date the footprint was created. If the source image was from 2016 orthoimagery, 2016 would be the Source Date. Description of each footprint source:NYSERDA Building footprints that were created as part of the New York State Flood Impact Decision Support Systems https://fidss.ciesin.columbia.edu/home Footprints vary in age from county to county.Microsoft Building Footprints released 6/28/2018 - vintage unknown/varies. More info on this dataset can be found at https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2018-06/microsoft-releases-125-million-building-footprints-in-the-us-as-open-data.NYC Open Data - Building Footprints of New York City as a polygon feature class. Last updated 7/30/2018, downloaded on 8/6/2018. Feature Class of footprint outlines of buildings in New York City. Please see the following link for additional documentation- https://github.com/CityOfNewYork/nyc-geo-metadata/blob/master/Metadata/Metadata_BuildingFootprints.mdSpatial Reference of Source Data: UTM Zone 18, meters, NAD 83. Spatial Reference of Web Service: Spatial Reference of Web Service: WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere.

This dataset shows the footprints of all structures within the City of Melbourne. A building footprint is a 2D polygon (or multi-polygon) representation of the base of a building or structure. The footprint is defined as the boundary of the structure where the walls intersect with the ground plane or podium, rather than an outline of the roof area (roofprint).

Where a building has a significant change in built form, multiple footprint polygons are ‘stacked’ vertically to define shape of the built form. This includes, and is not limited to:

• Tower
• Podium
• Setbacks/offsets

The Australian Height Datum (AHD) is the national vertical datum for Australia. The National Mapping Council adopted the AHD in May 1971 as the datum to which all vertical control mapping would be referred

The data was captured in May 2023.

This data shows the digitized building footprints of buildings located within the City of Winchester, Virginia. This data was collected off Eagleview 2017 aerial imagery and was provided to the City after the flight.

Tarrant County Building Footprints. Computer generated building footprints for the United States. The original dataset contains 125,192,184 computer generated building footprints in all 50 US states. This data is freely available for download and use. The original dataset has been pared down to include only Tarrant County building footprints. The filter extent used also includes a portion of other counties that surround Tarrant County. License: This data is licensed by Microsoft under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) FAQ: What the data include: Approximately 125 million building footprint polygon geometries in all 50 US States in GeoJSON format. Source: https://github.com/Microsoft/USBuildingFootprints

Echo’s Building Footprint dataset maps 11M+ precise location boundaries across the UK, France, Spain, Italy, and Germany to power geospatial analysis.

Created using satellite imagery, machine learning, and human validation, these polygons define the exact footprint of stores, offices, and landmarks — enabling high-precision mapping and accurate foot traffic attribution.

Key data points include: - Polygon geometry linked to POIs - Location name, type, and coordinates - Commercial and amenity coverage - Verified, analysis-ready format - Available in major European markets

Ideal for commercial real estate, retail, and proptech teams optimizing site planning, mobility analytics, and investment strategies.

Our building footprint dataset enables hyper-accurate geospatial analysis by mapping real-world places — from stores to landmarks — with precise polygon geometries.

Powered by satellite imagery, machine learning, and human validation, this dataset allows businesses to attribute visits to exact locations and conduct granular area analysis with minimal margin of error.

Key data points include: - POI-linked polygons - Location name, category, and coordinates - Boundary shapes for offices, shops, amenities, etc. - Regular monthly or quarterly updates - Ready for geospatial analysis tools

Ideal for foot traffic attribution, site planning, and growth opportunity discovery, this dataset covers thousands of commercial zones with industry-grade precision.

DRAKO's Building Footprint Data empowers businesses with detailed building insights. Utilize our extensive dataset, which includes: Building Footprints, Store Location Data, Point of Interest (POI) Data, and Places Data, to find relevant locations for decision-making and operational strategies.

Abstract

The dataset was derived by the Bioregional Assessment Programme from multiple source datasets. The source datasets are identified in the Lineage field in this metadata statement. The processes undertaken to produce this derived dataset are described in the History field in this metadata statement.

This contains the footprint outlines of all the mines used in the groundwater model. There are 4 kmz files identifying both open cut and below ground mines footprints for the base case and coal resource development pathway scenarios.

Purpose

Mine footprints used to define the extent of the mines under different scenarios for input to the groundwater model.

Dataset History

The Hunter groundwater footprint polygon dataset was made into four maps separated into underground and open cut mines, and baseline and CRDP scenarios. These maps were exported as kmz files using Geosoft Oasis Montaj software.

Dataset Citation

Bioregional Assessment Programme (2016) HUN Groundwater footprint kmz files v01. Bioregional Assessment Derived Dataset. Viewed 13 March 2019, http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/dataset/a16c503d-4ec7-4319-b8e1-c8e8a629d71a.

Dataset Ancestors

• Derived From HUN Groundwater footprint polygons v01