GlobalBuildingAtlas: an open global and complete dataset of building polygons, heights and  LoD1 3D models

Zhu, Xiao Xiang; Chen, Sining; Zhang, Fahong; Shi, Yilei; Wang, Yuanyuan

doi:10.5194/essd-17-6647-2025

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-6647-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-6647-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

Data description paper

|

01 Dec 2025

Data description paper |

| 01 Dec 2025

GlobalBuildingAtlas: an open global and complete dataset of building polygons, heights and LoD1 3D models

Xiao Xiang Zhu, Sining Chen, Fahong Zhang, Yilei Shi, and Yuanyuan Wang

Data sets

GlobalBuildingAtlas: An Open Global and Complete Dataset of Building Polygons, Heights and LoD1 3D Models X. X. Zhu et al. https://doi.org/10.14459/2025mp1782307

zhu-xlab/GBA.ODbLPolygon X. X. Zhu et al. https://doi.org/10.57967/hf/6771

Model code and software

zhu-xlab/GlobalBuildingAtlas: v1.0.0 (v1.0.0) F. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17543406

Short summary

We introduce GlobalBuildingAtlas, a publicly available dataset offering global and complete coverage of building polygons (GBA.Polygon), heights (GBA.Height) and Level of Detail 1 3D models (GBA.LoD1). This is the first open dataset to offer high quality, consistent, and complete building data in 2D and 3D at the individual building level on a global scale. With more than 2.75 billion buildings worldwide, it surpasses the most comprehensive database to date by more than 1 billion buildings.