Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Building Inspector - Shape + Address consensus
Search
Mauricio Giraldo
October 21, 2014
Technology
230
0
Share
Building Inspector - Shape + Address consensus
Mauricio Giraldo
October 21, 2014
More Decks by Mauricio Giraldo
See All by Mauricio Giraldo
Aereo: An experimental bird’s eye view of the digital collections from the State Library of New South Wales
mgiraldo
0
380
From food to buildings and beyond: what happens when a library opens its digital collections to human-computer collaboration
mgiraldo
2
200
Aprendizajes de trabajo en bibliotecas digitales
mgiraldo
0
170
building inspector
mgiraldo
0
110
Talk at the NYU ITP Data Art class / Spring 2017
mgiraldo
0
180
Humanidades Digitales en los laboratorios de la Biblioteca Pública de New York
mgiraldo
0
120
FOSS4G Nara/Tokyo
mgiraldo
0
2k
Human-Computer Collaboration at NYPL Labs
mgiraldo
2
490
NYPL Labs @ Eyeo Festival 2015
mgiraldo
1
770
Other Decks in Technology
See All in Technology
「できない」のアウトプット 同人誌『精神を壊してからの』シリーズ出版を 通して得られたこと
comi190327
3
570
機能・非機能の学びを一つに!Agent Skillsで月間レポート作成始めてみた / Unifying Bug & Infra Insights — Building Monthly Quality Reports with Agent Skills
bun913
5
2.8k
出版記念イベントin大阪「書籍紹介&私がよく使うMCPサーバー3選と社内で安全に活用する方法」
kintotechdev
0
150
OpenClawでPM業務を自動化
knishioka
2
390
スケーリングを封じられたEC2を救いたい
senseofunity129
0
140
マルチモーダル非構造データとの闘い
shibuiwilliam
1
180
GitHub Actions侵害 — 相次ぐ事例を振り返り、次なる脅威に備える
flatt_security
13
7.5k
AI時代のシステム開発者の仕事_20260328
sengtor
0
330
"まず試す"ためのDatabricks Apps活用法 / Databricks Apps for Early Experiments and Validation
nttcom
1
170
AIを活用したアクセシビリティ改善フロー
degudegu2510
1
140
互換性のある(らしい)DBへの移行など考えるにあたってたいへんざっくり
sejima
PRO
0
550
BIツール「Omni」の紹介 @Snowflake中部UG
sagara
0
180
Featured
See All Featured
brightonSEO & MeasureFest 2025 - Christian Goodrich - Winning strategies for Black Friday CRO & PPC
cargoodrich
3
150
Lightning talk: Run Django tests with GitHub Actions
sabderemane
0
160
Save Time (by Creating Custom Rails Generators)
garrettdimon
PRO
32
2.7k
The SEO identity crisis: Don't let AI make you average
varn
0
430
Facilitating Awesome Meetings
lara
57
6.8k
From π to Pie charts
rasagy
0
160
Code Reviewing Like a Champion
maltzj
528
40k
It's Worth the Effort
3n
188
29k
We Analyzed 250 Million AI Search Results: Here's What I Found
joshbly
1
1.1k
Navigating the moral maze — ethical principles for Al-driven product design
skipperchong
2
320
Rails Girls Zürich Keynote
gr2m
96
14k
Exploring the Power of Turbo Streams & Action Cable | RailsConf2023
kevinliebholz
37
6.3k
Transcript
mauricio giraldo arteaga @mgiraldo NYPL Labs
None
bon jour
my name is mauricio
None
research and circulating library system spanning the Bronx, Staten Island
and Manhattan boroughs in NYC
None
NYPL Labs
None
i’m going to talk about maps
The Great Map Data Extraction
an adventure in three acts and a prologue and an
epilogue
prologue
The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
None
None
None
None
None
None
500,000+ maps 20,000+ books & atlases
None
None
None
None
None
year
street names year
use type street names year
use type street names name year
material use type street names name year
material use type street names name class year
material use type street names address name class year
material use type street names address floors name class year
material use type street names address floors name class year
skylights
material use type street names address floors name class year
skylights backyards
material use type street names address floors name class geo
location year skylights backyards
footprint material use type street names address floors name class
geo location year skylights backyards
footprint material use type street names address floors name class
geo location year skylights backyards
we got these for several decades since the 1800s and
by 1950 every town in the US with a population of 2,000 had been mapped
data trapped in a legacy format
we want all the data!
f**k yeah historical data!
citysdk.waag.org/buildings
citysdk.waag.org/buildings
NYU Stern / Imaginaria3D
NYU Stern / Imaginaria3D
maps.google.com
maps.google.com
None
data
it all starts with a photograph
None
but it is “just a photo” but it is only
a few clicks away
None
maps.nypl.org/warper
None
None
geo-rectification or: “make it match Open Street Map”
None
None
*this is a simulation. actual process is intensive. consult your
mathematician before trying
None
None
vectorization or: “draw the building shapes”
None
results from maps.nypl.org/warper
hand-crafted, artisanal, locally-sourced data
500,000+ maps 20,000+ books & atlases
500,000+ maps 20,000+ books & atlases* *imagine how many pages
an atlas has
in the order of dozens of millions building footprints if
counting NYC only
None
~120k footprints produced in three years by staff and volunteers
None
this will take us a few millenia* *actual number taken
out from a hat
there has to be a better way
act i: will there be polygons?
requests to geo companies went unanswered
None
can we automate this?
None
¿¡quoi!? @mgiraldo
None
None
None
None
what is a building?
None
completely enclosed by black lines
completely enclosed by black lines dashed lines are not walls
completely enclosed by black lines dashed lines are not walls
> 20m2 (~180ft2)
completely enclosed by black lines dashed lines are not walls
> 20m2 (~180ft2) < 3,000m2 (~27,000ft2)
completely enclosed by black lines dashed lines are not walls
> 20m2 (~180ft2) < 3,000m2 (~27,000ft2) not paper-colored
process
github.com/NYPL/map-vectorizer
None
None
None
None
completely enclosed by black lines dashed lines are not walls
> 20m2 (~180ft2) < 3,000m2 (~27,000ft2) not paper-colored
completely enclosed by black lines dashed lines are not walls
> 20m2 (~180ft2) < 3,000m2 (~27,000ft2) not paper-colored
provide the best (possible) input image
None
None
None
None
differences in resampling cubic nearest neighbor
differences in resampling cubic nearest neighbor
make the image a binary bitmap or: “black and white”
None
None
polygonize or: “convert contiguous pixels to a single line shape”
None
! gdal_polygonize.py test.tif -f "ESRI Shapefile" test.shp test
! gdal_polygonize.py test.tif -f "ESRI Shapefile" test.shp test
! gdal_polygonize.py test.tif -f "ESRI Shapefile" test.shp test
! gdal_polygonize.py test.tif -f "ESRI Shapefile" test.shp test
None
no no no no no
no no no no no yes yes
simplify* *for those polygons that we care about
completely enclosed by black lines dashed lines are not walls
> 20m2 (~180ft2) < 3,000m2 (~27,000ft2) not paper-colored ✔ ✔
None
None
alpha shape *code basically stolen wholesale from rpubs.com/geospacedman/alphasimple
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
we need a set of points
None
pts = spsample(polygon, n=1000, type="hexagonal")
pts = spsample(polygon, n=1000, type="regular")
pts = spsample(polygon, n=1000, type="random")
now we alpha shaping
x.as = ashape(pts@coords, alpha=2.0)
x.as = ashape(pts@coords, alpha=2.0)
x.as = ashape(pts@coords, alpha=2.0)
there are other point reduction algorithms like Ramer-Douglas-Peucker or Whyatt
Curve Simplification
separate the buildings from the chaff
completely enclosed by black lines dashed lines are not walls
> 20m2 (~180ft2) < 3,000m2 (~27,000ft2) not paper-colored ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
None
None
[218, 211, 209]
[218, 211, 209] paper [199, 179, 173], [179, 155, 157],
[206, 193, 189], [199, 195, 163], [207, 204, 179], [195, 189, 154], [209, 203, 181], [255, 225, 40], [194, 198, 192], [161, 175, 190], [137, 174, 163], [166, 176, 172], [149, 156, 141] [205, 200, 186] not paper
None
None
None
this is good enough for our use case
None
None
None
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ completely enclosed by black lines
dashed lines are not walls > 20m2 (~180ft2) < 3,000m2 (~27,000ft2) not paper-colored
computer-vision for attribute recognition *bonus quest
None
None
None
66,056 footprints produced in one day for an 1859 atlas
of Manhattan
caveats: ! adjacency not enforced false positives/negatives buildings may also
overlap
act ii: the vectorizer needs to prove itself
None
None
None
None
multiple inspections for each item and let consensus surface on
its own
footprint validation or: “tell us what the computer got right
or wrong“
are people willing to spend time checking building footprints? insurance
atlases are not exactly the coolest type of maps
None
buildinginspector.nypl.org
github.com/NYPL/building-inspector
None
None
None
None
about a month later…
None
None
None
None
420k+ flags* 70k+ unique polygons ! consensus: ~84% YES, 7%
FIX, 9% NO *a “flag” is a YES/NO/FIX by one person for a given polygon
seems people are willing after all… we — our contributors
seems people are willing after all… we — our contributors
act iii: the return of the inspector
footprint material use type street names address floors name class
geo location year skylights backyards
divide and conquer
footprint material use type street names address floors name class
geo location year skylights backyards
three new tasks for now… we really want it all!
None
footprint material use type street names address floors name class
geo location year skylights backyards
check
check YES
check YES address color
check YES FIX address color
check YES FIX address color fix
check YES FIX address color fix
check YES FIX address color fix *footprints marked as “NO”
go to building heaven
check YES FIX address color fix *footprints marked as “NO”
go to building heaven
fix
fix
address
address
classify color
classify color
865k+ flags
check YES FIX address color fix
check YES FIX address color fix for 80k+ unique polygons
77k+ 5k+ 42k+ 26k+
epilogue
address and shape consensus or: how to determine what the
right building footprint and address looks like?
None
None
all points are useful inclusiveness above all
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
DBSCAN for the win citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.71.1980
bit.ly/nypl-consensus
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡ + +
246 246 246 414 246 414 414 246 414 414
414 ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ + +
246 246 246 414 246 414 414 246 414 414
414 ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ + +
246 414 + +
None
None
DBSCAN for shapes also!
None
None
None
None
None
None
all points are still useful
None
﹡
﹡ ﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡ ﹡
+ + + + + + +
+ + + + + + +
+ + + + + + +
+ + + + + + +
+ + + + + + +
+ + + + + + +
+ + + + + + +
+ + + + + + +
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
resulting data available via an API
resulting data available via an API in 100% recyclable GeoJSON
None
photographing
photographing ↓
photographing ↓ geo-rectification
photographing ↓ geo-rectification ↓
photographing ↓ geo-rectification ↓ vectorization
photographing ↓ geo-rectification ↓ vectorization ↓
photographing ↓ geo-rectification ↓ vectorization ↓ inspection
photographing ↓ geo-rectification ↓ vectorization ↓ inspection ↓
photographing ↓ geo-rectification ↓ vectorization ↓ inspection ↓ check /
fix / color / address
photographing ↓ geo-rectification ↓ vectorization ↓ inspection ↓ check /
fix / color / address ↓
photographing ↓ geo-rectification ↓ vectorization ↓ inspection ↓ check /
fix / color / address ↓ consensus
photographing ↓ geo-rectification ↓ vectorization ↓ inspection ↓ check /
fix / color / address ↓ consensus ↓
photographing ↓ geo-rectification ↓ vectorization ↓ inspection ↓ check /
fix / color / address ↓ consensus ↓ data release
not the end
None
None
None
¡merci beaucoup! mauricio giraldo arteaga @mgiraldo NYPL Labs slides at:
bit.ly/nypl-ehess images from: NYPL digital collections - Wikimedia Commons Christopher Cannon - Flickr user wallyg - Giphy