DRAKO specializes in providing Building Footprint Data, offering a unique perspective on spatial analytics and location intelligence. Our data supports businesses in understanding their environments and optimizing their strategies through precise geolocation information.

Building Footprint Data can be used to assess market opportunities, evaluate potential locations, and analyze the competitive landscape. We’re able to provide geographies as addresses, latitude and longitudes; or WKT84 Polygons. Additionally, with our rich dataset, we can provide detailed information about: Business Location, Store Location, and nearby Points of Interest (POI) and Places to ensure you have the insights necessary for informed decision-making. Moreover, we’re also able to reverse geocode data into actionable addresses for you from other geospatial data formats.

Key Features: - Comprehensive mapping of building footprints for accurate spatial analysis Business attributes for each building - Integration with Business Location Data for enhanced market analysis - Access to relevant POIs and Places Data to understand local dynamics - Customizable filters to target specific regions or business types - Able to query by Banner name, ex., Pizza Hut or Walmart - Able to Geofence using foot-print data to create Advertising Audiences using Mobile Location Data

Use Cases: - Site selection and feasibility studies - Market analysis and competitive intelligence - Urban planning and development insights - Real estate assessments and investment strategies - Location-based marketing and outreach

Data Compliance: All of our Building Footprint Data adheres to industry standards for data protection and privacy. We ensure that all data is sourced ethically and responsibly, providing accurate information without compromising user privacy.

Data Quality: DRAKO employs rigorous validation processes to ensure the accuracy and reliability of our Building Footprint Data. Our quality assurance protocols include regular updates and cross-referencing with trusted data sources, ensuring that our information remains current and dependable.

GLobAl building MOrphology dataset for URban climate modelling (GLAMOUR) offers the building footprint and height files at the resolution of 100 m in global urban centers. the BH_100m contains the building height files where each file is named as BH_{lon_start}_{lon_end}_{lat_start}_{lat_end}.tif. the BF_100m contains the building footprint files where each file is named as BF_{lon_start}_{lon_end}_{lat_start}_{lat_end}.tif. Here lon_start, lon_end, lat_start, lat_end denote the starting and ending positions of the longitude and latitude of target mapping areas. To avoid possible confusion, it should be clarified that the 'building footprint' in GLAMOUR represents the 'building surface fraction', i.e., the ratio of building plan area to total plan area.

Geometry information for commercial POIs that includes the polygon of the POI and spatial hierarchy metadata defining whether the polygon is contained within another POI. Available for ~22M POI. SafeGraph helps organizations unlock innovation with the most accurate geospatial dataset on physical places. We provide anonymized and aggregated building footprints, and core information on millions of points-of-interest (POI) and thousands of brands in globally.

The growth of the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) underscores the need for accurate mapping to support effective wildfire risk management. One major obstacle is the lack of comprehensive national building footprint databases. Our study addresses that gap by developing a semi-automated, multi-criteria filtering framework aimed at enhancing the quality of global open-source building datasets, with a focus on Microsoft’s Global Building Footprints (MSB), applied to mainland Portugal. The proposed method incorporates regional adaptability and spatial analysis techniques—such as area-based thresholds and proximity criteria—using Portugal’s official Geographic Buildings Location Database (BGE) as a benchmark. To better represent residential structures, the framework systematically removes non-residential anomalies (e.g., industrial complexes, solar farms, transmission lines) through dynamically calibrated thresholds at multiple administrative levels, including municipalities and NUTS-2 regions. As a result, the filtering process reduced the original dataset from approximately 5.6 million to 3.0 million building footprints. The original and filtered datasets are available here.

DRAKO's Store Location 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.

Bing Maps is releasing open building footprints around the world. We have detected 1.3B buildings from Bing Maps imagery between 2014 and 2024 including Maxar, Airbus, and IGN France imagery. The data is freely available for download and use under ODbL.Source: https://github.com/microsoft/GlobalMLBuildingFootprintsFile Geodatabase for download

Access 114M+ high-precision building footprints across 220 countries, enabling advanced mapping, location analysis, and strategic decision-making. With 30+ years of data expertise, we provide clean, validated, and enriched datasets to power businesses worldwide.

• Expand market reach with global-scale, high-precision data.
• Enhance mapping, navigation, and spatial analysis.
• Optimize site selection, urban planning, and infrastructure development.
• Improve logistics, delivery routes, and network optimization.
• Assess property values, competitor landscapes, and demographic trends.
• Strengthen disaster management and risk assessment with reliable insights.
• Leverage AI-driven enrichment for deeper, data-driven decision-making.

Our use cases demonstrate how our data has been beneficial and helped our customers in several key areas:

1. Gain a Competitive Edge with Smarter Mapping: Use building footprint data to analyse competitors, identify high-traffic areas, and optimize locations for maximum market impact.
2. Enhance Navigation & Last-Mile Efficiency: Improve customer experiences with precise building entrances, parking areas, and optimized routes for seamless navigation and delivery.
3. Find the Perfect Site for Growth: Leverage building footprint data to select prime locations, maximize foot traffic, and drive higher sales.
4. Optimize Energy & Infrastructure Planning: Assess rooftop solar potential, utility networks, and energy distribution for smarter, more efficient urban development.
5. Improve Risk Assessment & Security: Use precise building data for insurance underwriting, security planning, and crime prevention strategies.

Buildings. 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 and 2008. 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).

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Due to Zenodo's file size limitations, we are releasing different parts of CBF and GBD in different versions. See the below for specific information:

1. China's first sub-meter building footprints (CBF) derived by deep learning:

• part1: version12 (v12), City 1 to 210, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10473278 (current version)
• part2: version13 (v13), City 211 to 356, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10475803

Building attributes:

• id: Index number of the current building.
• year: Year of construction retrieved from GISA.
• height_mean: The average height of the building (computed from the pixels within the building footprint) obtained from CNBH (meters).
• height_max: Maximum height of the building (based on the highest pixel value within the building footprint) obtained from CNBH (meters).
• height_min: Minimum height of the building (based on the lowest pixel value within the building footprint) obtained from CNBH (meters).
• miniDist: Shortest straight-line distance to another building.
• dist_id: Index number of the building with the shortest straight-line distance to the current building.
• area: Area of the current building (square meters).
• perimeter: Perimeter of the current building (meters).
• inurban_19: A value of 1 indicates that the building was situated in an urban area in 1990, while a value of 0 signifies that it was located in a rural area in 1990. This determination is made using GUB data.
• inurban_1: A value of 1 indicates that the building was situated in an urban area in 1995, while a value of 0 signifies that it was located in a rural area in 1995. This determination is made using GUB data.
• inurban_20: A value of 1 indicates that the building was situated in an urban area in 2000, while a value of 0 signifies that it was located in a rural area in 2000. This determination is made using GUB data.
• inurban_2: A value of 1 indicates that the building was situated in an urban area in 2005, while a value of 0 signifies that it was located in a rural area in 2005. This determination is made using GUB data.
• inurban_3: A value of 1 indicates that the building was situated in an urban area in 2010, while a value of 0 signifies that it was located in a rural area in 2010. This determination is made using GUB data.
• inurban_4: A value of 1 indicates that the building was situated in an urban area in 2015, while a value of 0 signifies that it was located in a rural area in 2015. This determination is made using GUB data.
• inurban_5: A value of 1 indicates that the building was situated in an urban area in 2020, while a value of 0 signifies that it was located in a rural area in 2020. This determination is made using GUB data.

2. Global Building Dataset (GBD):

This dataset comprises approximately 800,000 images(512*512) with diverse architectural styles worldwide. It can be served as training and test samples for building extraction in different regions globally. In order to enhance usability, we did not break the continuity of the image and published it in 1024*1024 size.

Building footprint and height data were obtained from the latest global 3D building database. The building footprint data originated from Microsoft and Google datasets. Building height information was estimated using an XGBoost machine learning regression model that integrates multi-source remote sensing features. The height estimation model was trained using datasets from ONEGEO Map, Microsoft, Baidu, and EMU Analytics, utilizing 2020 data for the final estimations. Validation of this database demonstrates that the height estimation models perform exceptionally well at a global scale across both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The estimated heights closely match reference height data, especially for landmark buildings, showcasing superior accuracy compared to other global height products. The 3D building data that support this dataset are available in Zenodo DOI:10.5194/essd-16-5357-2024 (Che, Y., Li, X., Liu, X., Wang, Y., Liao, W., Zheng, X., Zhang, X., Xu, X., Shi, Q., Zhu, J., Yuan, H., and Dai, Y. 3D-GloBFP: the first global three-dimensional building footprint dataset. Earth System Science Data)Based on the 3D building database, we verify the locations and boundaries of individual cultural heritage sites and their buffer zones using UNESCO's heritage map platform (https://whc.unesco.org/), and categorize heritage into three groups for data extraction:Broad Scale Sites: For sites encompassing continuous building clusters or portions of cities (e.g., City of Bath), we extract buildings within the designated buffer zones provided by the UNESCO platform.Single Building Sites: For individual monuments or structures (e.g., Tower of London), we precisely extract the building footprints based on their exact coordinates.Multiple Dispersed Buildings: For sites consisting of multiple, non-contiguous structures (e.g., Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska, Poland), we identify each location using the platform’s data and verify them through Google Maps before extracting the relevant buildings.A few linear heritage sites, such as extensive archaeological routes spanning over a thousand kilometers, are excluded due to the complexities associated with their vast spatial extent and the variability of climate conditions across different segments.The effective data coverage varies across continents: Europe and North America have an effective rate of 82.5%, Asia and the Pacific 68.3%, Latin America and the Caribbean 75.7%, Arab States 76.5%, and Africa 49.2%. This variability reflects differences in data availability. In less developed regions, remote sensing data tends to overlook non-urban heritage sites, and soil and rock structures common in Africa and Southeast Asia are more difficult to detect using satellite remote sensing techniques, leading to lower effective data coverage in these regions.

The Bing Maps team at Microsoft released a U.S.-wide vector building dataset in 2018, which includes over 125 million building footprints for all 50 states in GeoJSON format. This dataset is extracted from aerial images using deep learning object classification methods. Large-extent modelling (e.g., urban morphological analysis or ecosystem assessment models) or accuracy assessment with vector layers is highly challenging in practice. Although vector layers provide accurate geometries, their use in large-extent geospatial analysis comes at a high computational cost. We used High Performance Computing (HPC) to develop an algorithm that calculates six summary values for each cell in a raster representation of each U.S. state: (1) total footprint coverage, (2) number of unique buildings intersecting each cell, (3) number of building centroids falling inside each cell, and area of the (4) average, (5) smallest, and (6) largest area of buildings that intersect each cell. These values a ...

The World Settlement Footprint (WSF) 3D provides detailed quantification of the average height, total volume, total area and the fraction of buildings at 90 m resolution at a global scale. It is generated using a modified version of the World Settlement Footprint human settlements mask derived from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery in combination with digital elevation data and radar imagery collected by the TanDEM-X mission. The framework includes three basic workflows: i) the estimation of the mean building height based on an analysis of height differences along potential building edges, ii) the determination of building fraction and total building area within each 90 m cell, and iii) the combination of the height information and building area in order to determine the average height and total built-up volume at 90 m gridding. In addition, global height information on skyscrapers and high-rise buildings provided by the Emporis database is integrated into the processing framework, to improve the WSF 3D Building Height and subsequently the Building Volume Layer. A comprehensive validation campaign has been performed to assess the accuracy of the dataset quantitatively by using VHR 3D building models from 19 globally distributed regions (~86,000 km2) as reference data. The WSF 3D standard layers are provided in the format of Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW)-compressed GeoTiff files, with each file - or image tile - covering an area of 1 x 1 ° geographical lat/lon at a geometric resolution of 2.8 arcsec (~ 90 m at the equator). Following the system established by the TDX-DEM mission, the latitude resolution is decreased in multiple steps when moving towards the poles to compensate for the reduced circumference of the Earth.

Access 3M+ high-precision building footprints across 7 countries, enabling advanced mapping, location analysis, and strategic decision-making. With 30+ years of data expertise, we provide clean, validated, and enriched datasets to power businesses worldwide.

• Expand market reach with global-scale, high-precision data.
• Enhance mapping, navigation, and spatial analysis.
• Optimize site selection, urban planning, and infrastructure development.
• Improve logistics, delivery routes, and network optimization.
• Assess property values, competitor landscapes, and demographic trends.
• Strengthen disaster management and risk assessment with reliable insights.
• Leverage AI-driven enrichment for deeper, data-driven decision-making.

Our use cases demonstrate how our data has been beneficial and helped our customers in several key areas:

1. Gain a Competitive Edge with Smarter Mapping: Use building footprint data to analyse competitors, identify high-traffic areas, and optimize locations for maximum market impact.
2. Enhance Navigation & Last-Mile Efficiency: Improve customer experiences with precise building entrances, parking areas, and optimized routes for seamless navigation and delivery.
3. Find the Perfect Site for Growth: Leverage building footprint data to select prime locations, maximize foot traffic, and drive higher sales.
4. Optimize Energy & Infrastructure Planning: Assess rooftop solar potential, utility networks, and energy distribution for smarter, more efficient urban development.
5. Improve Risk Assessment & Security: Use precise building data for insurance underwriting, security planning, and crime prevention strategies.

The 3D Global Building Footprints (3D-GloBFP) dataset is the first global-scale building height dataset at the individual building footprint level for the year 2020, generated through the integration of multisource Earth Observation (EO) data and the extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) model. The reliability and accuracy of 3D-GloBFP have been validated across 33 subregions, achieving R² values ranging from 0.66 to 0.96 and root-mean-square errors (RMSEs) between 1.9 m and 14.6 m. The 3D-GloBFP dataset is essential for examining the intricate interaction between humans and their environment, and holds significant value for various urban research applications, including climate modeling, energy consumption analysis, and socioeconomic activities. The dataset description paper has been published in Earth System Science Data (link: https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/5357/2024/).

Access 4.7M+ high-precision building footprints across the United Kingdom, enabling advanced mapping, location analysis, and strategic decision-making. With 30+ years of data expertise, we provide clean, validated, and enriched datasets to power businesses worldwide.

• Expand market reach with global-scale, high-precision data.
• Enhance mapping, navigation, and spatial analysis.
• Optimize site selection, urban planning, and infrastructure development.
• Improve logistics, delivery routes, and network optimization.
• Assess property values, competitor landscapes, and demographic trends.
• Strengthen disaster management and risk assessment with reliable insights.
• Leverage AI-driven enrichment for deeper, data-driven decision-making.

Our use cases demonstrate how our data has been beneficial and helped our customers in several key areas:

1. Gain a Competitive Edge with Smarter Mapping: Use building footprint data to analyse competitors, identify high-traffic areas, and optimize locations for maximum market impact.
2. Enhance Navigation & Last-Mile Efficiency: Improve customer experiences with precise building entrances, parking areas, and optimized routes for seamless navigation and delivery.
3. Find the Perfect Site for Growth: Leverage building footprint data to select prime locations, maximize foot traffic, and drive higher sales.
4. Optimize Energy & Infrastructure Planning: Assess rooftop solar potential, utility networks, and energy distribution for smarter, more efficient urban development.
5. Improve Risk Assessment & Security: Use precise building data for insurance underwriting, security planning, and crime prevention strategies.

Building footprints in the form of polygons in three different informal settlements in Lima, Peru in geopackage layers. The locations of the settlements are Barrios Altos, El Agustino and José Carlos Mariátegui. The layer also contains semantic information with regards to the number of floors of the buildings and the thermal properties of the building envelope (lightweight, mediumweight, heavyweight) associated with the construction materials of the external walls and their thermal conductivity. The files can be uploaded to the freely accessible software QGIS (and other similar software packages) for editing and further use.

Download

Due to Zenodo's file size limitations, we are releasing different parts of CBF and GBD in different versions. See the below for specific information:

1. China's first sub-meter building footprints (CBF) derived by deep learning:

• part1: version12 (v12), City 1 to 210, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10473278
• part2: version13 (v13), City 211 to 356, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10475803

2. Global Building Dataset (GBD):

This dataset comprises approximately 800,000 images(512*512) with diverse architectural styles worldwide. It can be served as training and test samples for building extraction in different regions globally. In order to enhance usability, we did not break the continuity of the image and published it in 1024*1024 size.

Access 0.9M+ high-precision building footprints across Denmark, enabling advanced mapping, location analysis, and strategic decision-making. With 30+ years of data expertise, we provide clean, validated, and enriched datasets to power businesses worldwide.

• Expand market reach with global-scale, high-precision data.
• Enhance mapping, navigation, and spatial analysis.
• Optimize site selection, urban planning, and infrastructure development.
• Improve logistics, delivery routes, and network optimization.
• Assess property values, competitor landscapes, and demographic trends.
• Strengthen disaster management and risk assessment with reliable insights.
• Leverage AI-driven enrichment for deeper, data-driven decision-making.

Our use cases demonstrate how our data has been beneficial and helped our customers in several key areas:

1. Gain a Competitive Edge with Smarter Mapping: Use building footprint data to analyse competitors, identify high-traffic areas, and optimize locations for maximum market impact.
2. Enhance Navigation & Last-Mile Efficiency: Improve customer experiences with precise building entrances, parking areas, and optimized routes for seamless navigation and delivery.
3. Find the Perfect Site for Growth: Leverage building footprint data to select prime locations, maximize foot traffic, and drive higher sales.
4. Optimize Energy & Infrastructure Planning: Assess rooftop solar potential, utility networks, and energy distribution for smarter, more efficient urban development.
5. Improve Risk Assessment & Security: Use precise building data for insurance underwriting, security planning, and crime prevention strategies.

Access 43M+ high-precision building footprints across the United States of America, enabling advanced mapping, location analysis, and strategic decision-making. With 30+ years of data expertise, we provide clean, validated, and enriched datasets to power businesses worldwide.

• Expand market reach with global-scale, high-precision data.
• Enhance mapping, navigation, and spatial analysis.
• Optimize site selection, urban planning, and infrastructure development.
• Improve logistics, delivery routes, and network optimization.
• Assess property values, competitor landscapes, and demographic trends.
• Strengthen disaster management and risk assessment with reliable insights.
• Leverage AI-driven enrichment for deeper, data-driven decision-making.

Our use cases demonstrate how our data has been beneficial and helped our customers in several key areas:

1. Gain a Competitive Edge with Smarter Mapping: Use building footprint data to analyse competitors, identify high-traffic areas, and optimize locations for maximum market impact.
2. Enhance Navigation & Last-Mile Efficiency: Improve customer experiences with precise building entrances, parking areas, and optimized routes for seamless navigation and delivery.
3. Find the Perfect Site for Growth: Leverage building footprint data to select prime locations, maximize foot traffic, and drive higher sales.
4. Optimize Energy & Infrastructure Planning: Assess rooftop solar potential, utility networks, and energy distribution for smarter, more efficient urban development.
5. Improve Risk Assessment & Security: Use precise building data for insurance underwriting, security planning, and crime prevention strategies.

This contains the building damage data described in the manuscript 'A Bayesian Approach for Earthquake Impact Modelling' (available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15791).The code used to generate the R objects are contained in https://github.com/hamishwp/ODDRIN. It compiles data from several sources including:Global Data Lab: J. Smits and I. Permanyer. The Subnational Human Development Database. Scientific data, 6(1):1–15, 2019.Vs30: D. C. Heath, D. J. Wald, C. B. Worden, E. M. Thompson, and G. M. Smoczyk. A global hybrid VS 30 map with a topographic slope–based default and regional map insets. Earthquake Spectra, 36(3):1570–1584, 2020.Earthquake frequency: K. Johnson, M. Villani, K. Bayliss, C. Brooks, S. Chandrasekhar, T. Chartier, Y. Chen, J. Garcia-Pelaez, R. Gee, R. Styron, A. Rood, M. Simionato, and M. Pagani. Global Earthquake Model (GEM) seismic hazard map (version 2023.1 - June 2023). GEM https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8409647, 2023.Income Inequality: F. Alvaredo, A. B. Atkinson, T. Piketty, and E. Saez. World Inequality Database, 2022. URL http://wid.world/data.Copernicus Building Damage Footprints: Copernicus Emergency Management Service. Copernicus emergency management service - mapping, 2012. URL https://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping. The European Commission.UNITAR/UNOSAT Building Damage Footprints: UNITAR/UNOSAT. UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme – UNOSAT, 2023. URL https://unosat.org/products/.WorldPop Population: A. J. Tatem. WorldPop, open data for spatial demography. Scientific Data, 4(1):1–4, 2017. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.4.Bing Building Footprints: Microsoft. Global ML Building Footprints, 2022. URL https://github.com/microsoft/GlobalMLBuildingFootprints. Accessed:2024-06-17.Shakemap: D. J. Wald, B. C. Worden, V. Quitoriano, and K. L. Pankow. ShakeMap manual: Technical manual, user’s guide, and software guide. Technical Report 12-A1, United States Geological Survey, 2005.