[Qgis-user] Building Footprints

[Charles Dixon-Paver]

Note that Open Street Map data also includes building footprints, which
might be a suitable alternative to google maps.

On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 at 03:28, Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:

>
> krishna Ayyala <ayyalakrishna at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I have google Satellite as my background map in QGIS. I have zoomed into
> an
> > area where there are lot of buildings. Is there any tool in QGIS that can
> > extract just the building footprint area? Only the building footprints
> and
> > no trees or no shrubs around the building. I have an area that has about
> > 3000 buildings.
>
> Does your license agreement with Google allow that?  I have always had
> the impression that the normal terms did not, so if that's changed or if
> I am confused that's very interesting.
>
> (I'm also interested in answers to your question; in my area I have
> imagery from the state government where that sort of use is clearly
> permissible.)
>
> Greg
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