Table 1 Comparison of open-access Building datasets for each city.
From: Narrowing the gap for city building height predictions
OpenStreetMap (OSM) | Bing (GMLBF) | Google Open Buildings (GOB) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of buildings | Total area (km2) | Median building size (m2) | Number of buildings | Total area (km2) | Median building size (m2) | Number of buildings | Total area (km2) | Median building size (m2) | |
Nairobi | 415,179 | 50.70 | 60 | 265,313 | 58.32 | 117 | 692,352 | 73.17 | 55 |
Quito | 64,309 | 15.20 | 119 | 417,057 | 77.67 | 530 | 1,189,978 | 100.97 | 55 |
Kathmandu | 378,838 | 37.15 | 79 | 283,761 | 51.76 | 100 | 825,251 | 63.58 | 62 |
