Table 2 Building morphology features.

From: Inferring building height from footprint morphology data

Feature

Description

Shape area

Area of polygon in un-projected units

Shape length

Perimeter length in un-projected units

sqft

Area in square feet

lat dif

Maximum latitude minus minimum latitude in un-projected units

Long dif

Maximum longitude minus minimum longitude in un-projected unis

Envel area

Area of bounding box of geometry in un-projected units

Vertex count

Count of vertices in geometry

geom count

Count of polygons in the geometry

Complexity ratio

Shape length/shape area

iasl

Inverse average segment length

vpa

Vertices per area

Complexity ps

Complexity per segment, average complexity within each segment

ipq

Isoperimetric quotient, shape area maximization for given perimeter length

sqmeters

Area in square meters

n counta

Number of building centroids within a given distance

omda

Observed mean distance from building within a given distance

emda

Expected mean distance from building within a given distance

nnd

Nearest neighbor distance from building

nnia

Nearest neighbor index, overall pattern of points within a given distance

Intensitya

Amount of nni occurring

n size meana

Average size of buildings within a given distance

n size stda

Standard deviation of buildings within a given distance

n size mina

Smallest building size within a given distance

n size maxa

Largest building size within a given distance

n size cva

Coefficient of variation of building size within a given distance

  1. aDenotes feature being calculated on multiple scales. Bolded features highlight the features selected for use