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How to create generic building footprints based on attribute information?

I'm trying to create a tool that generically creates building footprints on a given parcel according to certain attribute information of the parcel like building density, max. height, utilisation, ...
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Where/how can I find/buy/make building footprints for Kent County, MI (Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, etc)?

I'm in big trouble and need help. I'm really hoping someone in the Stack Exchange community is feeling particularly helpful and will go the extra mile for me. I'll owe you one in whatever medium you ...
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footprint polygon from raster data with postgis

how can I create a polygon, containing the actual outlines (aka footprint) of a raster file with postgis? I just need the outlines of the data containing parts of the raster. ST_PixelAsPolygon ...
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Looking for an efficient way of digitizing building footprints using orthophotos and ArcGIS 10

In the past I've used PCI Geomatica to do something similar using the softwares classification functionality. Are there some tools/tricks in ArcGIS that will partially automate the process. I remember ...
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Vector Building Footprint Resources - Tokyo

I typically know where to look for this data in the United States, but I'm at a loss when looking for building footprint shapefiles abroad. I thought I could find what I was looking for with Open ...
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Purpose of building footprints

What are the uses (public and private industry) of building footprints? I'm trying to figure out how polygon building footprints can be used. i.e. are they used for determining tax liabilities, ...
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How/Where can I find vector data for building footprints in Texas?

I've done a lot of research on this topic over the past 8 or 9 months, but I'm a GIS newb, so I may have overlooked some possibilities for finding/extracting this data. A short list of resources I ...
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Searching for Building Footprints or Building Inventory Data for the Balkans

I am searching for free building data and foorprints, preferably GIS shapefiles but data tables are also welcomed, for Albania, Bosnia, and Macedonia. I am working on estimating people per building in ...
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LIDAR data for Chicago

Is there any public or private sources of LIDAR data for the city of Chicago? Searching online has not lead me to any sources, and I am unsure how the commercial world of LIDAR works. The LIDAR point ...