OpenStreetMap Building Footprints and Land Use

Users of HydroMT-FIAT can directly and easily make use of the OpenStreetMap (OSM) initiative. The user can access the data through providing ‘OSM’ in the configuration file as such:

[setup_exposure_buildings]
asset_locations = "OSM"
occupancy_type = "OSM"

HydroMT-FIAT obtains the OSM data of the area of interest through the OSMnx package [1].

[1] Boeing, G. 2017. “OSMnx: New Methods for Acquiring, Constructing, Analyzing, and Visualizing Complex Street Networks.” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 65, 126-139.