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Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-6647-2025
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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
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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

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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.
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