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Here are Pasadena's buildings #120
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I converted the Pasadena data into OSM files and reviewed at least 20 files. Data is here: https://github.com/maning/labuildings/blob/pasadena_test/osm_pasadena.zip Notes below: Alignment to imagery is very good 44/17535 buildings have errors flagged by JOSM validator Specific errors are
The above errors were automatically flagged by JOSM validator and can be fixed right away. Overlapping buildings from existing OSM data. Out of the 55k buildings to be imported, 9,351 overlapped with existing OSM data mostly south of Pasadena (OSM-Magenta, Pasadena import-Cyan, Overlaps-Red dots). Next actions
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I'd like to continue with the import south of the freeway because our data will in some cases be better than what you can see in imagery, since it's pulled from stereo imagery. It should, in theory, have the building contours that would traditionally be covered up by trees in satellite imagery. We also have all the building data associated with each property, such as building type, units, year built, AIN, building ID, height and elevation. I think those attributes make the data extremely valuable. It looks like one user has traced most of those buildings. They're really well done, so I've reached out asking them for input into this discussion. I'm thinking we replace geometry whenever the import data "appears" to be better than what's already there. If what's there is better than the import we could copy/paste the tags over so the building attributes are improved. |
Oh, also meant to say that it would be nice to fix those errors before we do the import, though they could be fixed manually by advanced users. |
Oh, and sorry if this has already been discussed, but are the multipart Pasadena buildings something we could transform into the OSM 3D building schema? Because that would be even cooler than just adding building heights! |
According to OpenStreetMap Simple 3D building tagging scheme, to consider 3D rendering all
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This building has 3 small parts. These building parts share common edge with building outline. Here we have to do two things:
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Thanks, @chtnha! I forgot that the Pasadena data was missing heights and levels. In that case, yeah, there's no 3D information worth extracting, so we should stick with the original plan of merging all the shapes. |
Pasadena's buildings were the only ones in which most buildings were broken into several parts. To overcome this I've dissolved all features by the AIN (Assessor Identification Number) and then converted Multipart to Singleparts via QGIS.
Initial feature count: 113,309
After dissolve: 55,840
All buildings with a source of "Pasadena" vs. LARIAC2 or LARIAC4 contain no height or elevation data.
Here are the pasadena buildings: http://latimes-graphics-media.s3.amazonaws.com/jon-temp/pasadena.zip
In theory we should be able to just change the URL on this line once we're ready to go.
@maning can you check this file? It should be good.
Also, I find it terrifying that Pasadena's buildings look like an angler fish...
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