131M American Buildings

(tech.marksblogg.com)

71 points | by marklit 5 days ago ago

14 comments

  • didgetmaster 32 minutes ago

    I am tempted to import this data into my system and build a pivot table of building type (PRIM_OCC) by state.

    I could then graph the data (pie chart, bar graph, etc) to show how the building type distribution (e.g. residential ratio per hospital) varies between the states.

  • rubyfan an hour ago

    Anyone know if this is commercial buildings only or does it include residential too?

    • jeffbee an hour ago

      Virtually all of the buildings are residential. There are 20x more residential than anything else.

      • pfdietz 13 minutes ago

        Does it include bike sheds? I feel I could spend a long time on that part of the database.

  • cschep 2 hours ago

    Desktop computers are amazing these days.

  • cranberryturkey 5 days ago

    any cool ideas I could build with this data?

    • delichon 5 days ago

      A sandbox game with a map 1 to 1 with the ground truth.

    • IncreasePosts an hour ago

      An application that simulates shadows at a particular location. For real estate purposes, seeing what kind of sunshine you would get in your backyard when you purchase that house with a backyard in the north.

      • _boffin_ 21 minutes ago

        CoreLogic was doing something like this, but line of sight from a window and then be able to possibly identify the scene / view that can be had from that window.