Buildings In Municpality
About Buildings In Municpality ....
The other day I was experimenting with the Microsoft Buildings dataset, trying to better understand where there are most buildings. I knew suburban areas had more buildings then urban areas, with sprawling single family homes, a trend you can see around most of the major upstate cities. Manhattan, has a massive under-count of buildings, by almost a factor of 10, due to the way the Microsoft Building algorithm sometimes groups together buildings in urban areas.
How I made this map:
- Took the Microsoft Building Footprint data, converted to Centroids.
- Ran Count Points in Polygon, against Census TIGER/Line for County Subdivisions
Helpful Hint: While I suggest you look on blog for a downloadable PDF Map, you should be able to print or save this map by clicking the print button on the map above.
Data Sources
Buildings In Municpality - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.
3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray
Full List of WMS and ArcMap Services - CSV Spreadsheet with all web map services currently used on the blog.
More about New York State...
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. New York is the 27th-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 7th-most densely populated of the 50 United States. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the west and north, and Quebec to the north. The state of New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
