World Settlement Footprint (WSF) 3D - Vector Tiles - Global, 90m

This dataset is a derivative of the WSF3D raster dataset tailored for the web. As a tiled vector dataset, it enables dynamic client-side visualization of the WSF3D metrics

Citation proposal
Stefan Keim (German Aerospace Center (DLR)). World Settlement Footprint (WSF) 3D - Vector Tiles - Global, 90m. https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/57b9510f-a145-4b22-ac87-3389c53e6d2b

Simple

Date ( Creation ): 2023-02-15T00:00:00

Edition: 2.0

Identifier: https://geoservice.dlr.de/catalogue/srv/metadata/57b9510f-a145-4b22-ac87-3389c53e6d2b

Presentation form: Digital map

Purpose: Visualization of the WSF3D building attributes in 3D.

Status: Completed

Point of contact

German Aerospace Center (DLR) - EOC Geoservice ( )

Author

German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Stefan Keim

Point of contact

DLR/EOC Land Surface Dynamics - WSF Team

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Keywords

opendata
DLR
EOC
building height
building density
building volume
urbanization
3D
global
Sentinel-1
Sentinel-2
TanDEM-X
vector tiles
inspireidentifiziert

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )

Land cover

Use limitation: Nutzungseinschränkungen: Das DLR ist nicht haftbar für Schäden, die sich aus der Nutzung ergeben. / Use Limitations: DLR not liable for damage resulting from use.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Nutzungsbedingungen: Lizenz, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 / terms of use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Other constraints

{"id": "cc-by/4.0",

"name": "Creative Commons Namensnennung - 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",

"url": "http://dcat-ap.de/def/licenses/cc-by/4.0",

"quelle": "Copyright DLR (year of production)"}

Spatial representation type: Grid

Denominator: 180000

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Imagery base maps earth cover

Supplemental Information

Distribution format

mbTiles ()

OnLine resource: EOC Geoservice Dataset
EOC Geoservice Dataset

OnLine resource: WSF 3D - Viewer
WSF 3D - Viewer

OnLine resource: EOC Download Service
EOC Download Service

OnLine resource: DLR News
DLR News

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification: INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: true

Statement: The World Settlement Footprint 3D human settlements mask derived from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery in combination with digital elevation data and radar imagery collected by the TanDEM-X mission.

Description

World Settlement Footprint 3D - Building Area Processing:

Data:

Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m spatial resolution is used to generate the World Settlement Footprint (WSF) 2019. This layer is supplemented with information on the percent impervious (IMP) surface and serves as a human settlement mask.

The 12 m TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model and the underlying 3 m Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) amplitude images give information on the vertical structuring within the built-up area.

Processing:

The pixel grid of the WSF3D raster was polygonized and the resulting features where attributed with the `Building_Height`, `Building_Area` and the polygon area. Based on the full resolution (zoom level 11), the polygons got dissolved and their attributes aggregated to limit the size of individual tiles in lower zoom levels.

Quality Assurance:

Manually checked against original raster dataset. A comprehensive validation campaign has been undertaken based on 3D building models obtained for 19 regions worldwide (~86,000 km2) and street-view samples indicating the number of floors for >130,000 individual buildings in 15 additional cities.