In an effort to ensure strategic independence from 3rd party map providers, our World.AI team has built its own Maps stack using OpenStreetMap (OSM) data that has been rolled out worldwide. OSM is a community built open source project where volunteers maintain map data features all over the world. While this is a great source of data it comes with some challenges such as vandalism, poor data, mis information and geometry errors. These issues are faced by all companies that are using OSM so over the past year we have been collaborating and exploring an effort to share the burden of solving these problems with them. Based on strong shared vision and readiness to give resources to start, we are signed an MOU with *Apple, ESRI, Grab, and Microsoft* to focus specifically on these issues and would like to create a shared repo of validations checks for the data.There are already many open source tools we use but its inefficient as they each have different infrastructure, UI and thresholds. Our goal is to sift through them and create one set of rules that can be used both for upstream editing and downstream uses of the data. Daylight Map Distribution v1.43 Released<p>Version 1.43 of Daylight Map Distribution now available for download.</p>
<ul>
<li>Daylight planet files are composed of 100% OSM data, released under the terms of the Open Database License</li>
<li>Weβve checked public OSM changes, fixed those that might be harmful to our users and imported those fixes into the distribution.</li>
<li>We publish the data in PBF, OSC, and other common file formats universally supported by OSM tools and already used for planet-scale file distribution</li>
</ul>
<p>π₯ Download Daylight Map Distribution right now in OpenStreetMap PBF format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.43/planet-v1.43.osm.pbf">planet-v1.43.osm.pbf</a> (76.5GB)</p>
<p>As always, <a href="/coastlines.html">coastlines</a>, <a href="/admin-boundaries.html">administrative boundaries</a>, and <a href="/buildings.html">buildings</a> from our collaborators at Esri and Microsoft are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li>Download v1.43 matching coastlines in Shapefile format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.43/coastlines-v1.43.tgz">coastlines-v1.43.tgz</a> (1.6GB)</li>
<li>Download administrative boundaries in OpenStreetMap OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.43/admin-v1.43.osc.gz">admin-v1.43.osc.gz</a> (2.7GB)</li>
<li>Download building footprints in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.43/ml-buildings-v1.43.osm.pbf">ml-buildings-v1.43.osm.pbf</a> (140.3GB)</li>
<li>Download ml experimental roads in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.43/fb-ml-roads-v1.43.osc.gz">fb-ml-roads-v1.43.osc.gz</a> (4.8GB)</li>
<li>Download additional translations in TSV format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.43/preferred-localization-v1.43.tsv">preferred-localization-v1.43.tsv</a> (7.0MB)</li>
<li>Download curated major map features library in JSON format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.43/important-features-v1.43.json">important-features-v1.43.json</a> (1.1MB)</li>
<li>Access daylight parquet files: π¦ <a href="https://gist.github.com/jenningsanderson/3e42a99dcb8f760038ad8aa47ea38ce8">analysis-ready parquet files</a></li>
</ul>
2024-03-28T00:00:00+00:00daylightmap.org/2024/03/28/daylight-v143-release.htmlDaylight Map Distribution v1.42 Released<p>Version 1.42 of Daylight Map Distribution now available for download.</p>
<ul>
<li>Daylight planet files are composed of 100% OSM data, released under the terms of the Open Database License</li>
<li>Weβve checked public OSM changes, fixed those that might be harmful to our users and imported those fixes into the distribution.</li>
<li>We publish the data in PBF, OSC, and other common file formats universally supported by OSM tools and already used for planet-scale file distribution</li>
</ul>
<p>π₯ Download Daylight Map Distribution right now in OpenStreetMap PBF format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.42/planet-v1.42.osm.pbf">planet-v1.42.osm.pbf</a> (76.5GB)</p>
<p>As always, <a href="/coastlines.html">coastlines</a>, <a href="/admin-boundaries.html">administrative boundaries</a>, and <a href="/buildings.html">buildings</a> from our collaborators at Esri and Microsoft are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li>Download v1.42 matching coastlines in Shapefile format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.42/coastlines-v1.42.tgz">coastlines-v1.42.tgz</a> (1.6GB)</li>
<li>Download administrative boundaries in OpenStreetMap OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.42/admin-v1.42.osc.gz">admin-v1.42.osc.gz</a> (2.7GB)</li>
<li>Download building footprints in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.42/ml-buildings-v1.42.osm.pbf">ml-buildings-v1.42.osm.pbf</a> (140.3GB)</li>
<li>Download ml experimental roads in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.42/fb-ml-roads-v1.42.osc.gz">fb-ml-roads-v1.42.osc.gz</a> (4.8GB)</li>
<li>Download additional translations in TSV format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.42/preferred-localization-v1.42.tsv">preferred-localization-v1.42.tsv</a> (7.0MB)</li>
<li>Download curated major map features library in JSON format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.42/important-features-v1.42.json">important-features-v1.42.json</a> (1.1MB)</li>
<li>Access daylight parquet files: π¦ <a href="https://gist.github.com/jenningsanderson/3e42a99dcb8f760038ad8aa47ea38ce8">analysis-ready parquet files</a></li>
</ul>
2024-03-19T00:00:00+00:00daylightmap.org/2024/03/19/daylight-v142-release.htmlDaylight Map Distribution v1.41 Released<p>Version 1.41 of Daylight Map Distribution now available for download.</p>
<ul>
<li>Daylight planet files are composed of 100% OSM data, released under the terms of the Open Database License</li>
<li>Weβve checked public OSM changes, fixed those that might be harmful to our users and imported those fixes into the distribution.</li>
<li>We publish the data in PBF, OSC, and other common file formats universally supported by OSM tools and already used for planet-scale file distribution</li>
</ul>
<p>π₯ Download Daylight Map Distribution right now in OpenStreetMap PBF format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.41/planet-v1.41.osm.pbf">planet-v1.41.osm.pbf</a> (76.2GB)</p>
<p>As always, <a href="/coastlines.html">coastlines</a>, <a href="/admin-boundaries.html">administrative boundaries</a>, and <a href="/buildings.html">buildings</a> from our collaborators at Esri and Microsoft are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li>Download v1.41 matching coastlines in Shapefile format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.41/coastlines-v1.41.tgz">coastlines-v1.41.tgz</a> (1.6GB)</li>
<li>Download administrative boundaries in OpenStreetMap OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.41/admin-v1.41.osc.gz">admin-v1.41.osc.gz</a> (2.7GB)</li>
<li>Download building footprints in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.41/ml-buildings-v1.41.osm.pbf">ml-buildings-v1.41.osm.pbf</a> (140.4GB)</li>
<li>Download ml experimental roads in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.41/fb-ml-roads-v1.41.osc.gz">fb-ml-roads-v1.41.osc.gz</a> (4.8GB)</li>
<li>Download additional translations in TSV format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.41/preferred-localization-v1.41.tsv">preferred-localization-v1.41.tsv</a> (7.0MB)</li>
<li>Download curated major map features library in JSON format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.41/important-features-v1.41.json">important-features-v1.41.json</a> (1.1MB)</li>
<li>Access daylight parquet files: π¦ <a href="https://gist.github.com/jenningsanderson/3e42a99dcb8f760038ad8aa47ea38ce8">analysis-ready parquet files</a></li>
</ul>
2024-03-04T00:00:00+00:00daylightmap.org/2024/03/04/daylight-v141-release.htmlDaylight Map Distribution v1.40 Released<p>Version 1.40 of Daylight Map Distribution now available for download.</p>
<ul>
<li>Daylight planet files are composed of 100% OSM data, released under the terms of the Open Database License</li>
<li>Weβve checked public OSM changes, fixed those that might be harmful to our users and imported those fixes into the distribution.</li>
<li>We publish the data in PBF, OSC, and other common file formats universally supported by OSM tools and already used for planet-scale file distribution</li>
</ul>
<p>π₯ Download Daylight Map Distribution right now in OpenStreetMap PBF format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.40/planet-v1.40.osm.pbf">planet-v1.40.osm.pbf</a> (75.9GB)</p>
<p>As always, <a href="/coastlines.html">coastlines</a>, <a href="/admin-boundaries.html">administrative boundaries</a>, and <a href="/buildings.html">buildings</a> from our collaborators at Esri and Microsoft are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li>Download v1.40 matching coastlines in Shapefile format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.40/coastlines-v1.40.tgz">coastlines-v1.40.tgz</a> (1.6GB)</li>
<li>Download administrative boundaries in OpenStreetMap OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.40/admin-v1.40.osc.gz">admin-v1.40.osc.gz</a> (2.7GB)</li>
<li>Download building footprints in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.40/ml-buildings-v1.40.osm.pbf">ml-buildings-v1.40.osm.pbf</a> (140.4GB)</li>
<li>Download ml experimental roads in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.40/fb-ml-roads-v1.40.osc.gz">fb-ml-roads-v1.40.osc.gz</a> (4.8GB)</li>
<li>Download additional translations in TSV format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.40/preferred-localization-v1.40.tsv">preferred-localization-v1.40.tsv</a> (7.0MB)</li>
<li>Download curated major map features library in JSON format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.40/important-features-v1.40.json">important-features-v1.40.json</a> (1.1MB)</li>
<li>Access daylight parquet files: π¦ <a href="https://gist.github.com/jenningsanderson/3e42a99dcb8f760038ad8aa47ea38ce8">analysis-ready parquet files</a></li>
</ul>
2024-02-14T00:00:00+00:00daylightmap.org/2024/02/14/daylight-v140-release.htmlDaylight Map Distribution v1.39 Released<p>Version 1.39 of Daylight Map Distribution now available for download.</p>
<ul>
<li>Daylight planet files are composed of 100% OSM data, released under the terms of the Open Database License</li>
<li>Weβve checked public OSM changes, fixed those that might be harmful to our users and imported those fixes into the distribution.</li>
<li>We publish the data in PBF, OSC, and other common file formats universally supported by OSM tools and already used for planet-scale file distribution</li>
</ul>
<p>π₯ Download Daylight Map Distribution right now in OpenStreetMap PBF format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.39/planet-v1.39.osm.pbf">planet-v1.39.osm.pbf</a> (75.1GB)</p>
<p>As always, <a href="/coastlines.html">coastlines</a>, <a href="/admin-boundaries.html">administrative boundaries</a>, and <a href="/buildings.html">buildings</a> from our collaborators at Esri and Microsoft are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li>Download v1.39 matching coastlines in Shapefile format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.39/coastlines-v1.39.tgz">coastlines-v1.39.tgz</a> (1.6GB)</li>
<li>Download administrative boundaries in OpenStreetMap OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.39/admin-v1.39.osc.gz">admin-v1.39.osc.gz</a> (2.7GB)</li>
<li>Download building footprints in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.39/ml-buildings-v1.39.osm.pbf">ml-buildings-v1.39.osm.pbf</a> (140.4GB)</li>
<li>Download ml experimental roads in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.39/fb-ml-roads-v1.39.osc.gz">fb-ml-roads-v1.39.osc.gz</a> (4.8GB)</li>
<li>Download additional translations in TSV format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.39/preferred-localization-v1.39.tsv">preferred-localization-v1.39.tsv</a> (7.0MB)</li>
<li>Download curated major map features library in JSON format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.39/important-features-v1.39.json">important-features-v1.39.json</a> (1.1MB)</li>
<li>Access daylight parquet files: π¦ <a href="https://gist.github.com/jenningsanderson/3e42a99dcb8f760038ad8aa47ea38ce8">analysis-ready parquet files</a></li>
</ul>
2024-02-02T00:00:00+00:00daylightmap.org/2024/02/02/daylight-v139-release.htmlDaylight Map Distribution v1.38 Released<p>Version 1.38 of Daylight Map Distribution now available for download.</p>
<ul>
<li>Daylight planet files are composed of 100% OSM data, released under the terms of the Open Database License</li>
<li>Weβve checked public OSM changes, fixed those that might be harmful to our users and imported those fixes into the distribution.</li>
<li>We publish the data in PBF, OSC, and other common file formats universally supported by OSM tools and already used for planet-scale file distribution</li>
</ul>
<p>π₯ Download Daylight Map Distribution right now in OpenStreetMap PBF format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.38/planet-v1.38.osm.pbf">planet-v1.38.osm.pbf</a> (75.1GB)</p>
<p>As always, <a href="/coastlines.html">coastlines</a>, <a href="/admin-boundaries.html">administrative boundaries</a>, and <a href="/buildings.html">buildings</a> from our collaborators at Esri and Microsoft are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li>Download v1.38 matching coastlines in Shapefile format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.38/coastlines-v1.38.tgz">coastlines-v1.38.tgz</a> (1.6GB)</li>
<li>Download administrative boundaries in OpenStreetMap OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.38/admin-v1.38.osc.gz">admin-v1.38.osc.gz</a> (2.7GB)</li>
<li>Download building footprints in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.38/ml-buildings-v1.38.osm.pbf">ml-buildings-v1.38.osm.pbf</a> (140.4GB)</li>
<li>Download ml experimental roads in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.38/fb-ml-roads-v1.38.osc.gz">fb-ml-roads-v1.38.osc.gz</a> (4.8GB)</li>
<li>Download additional translations in TSV format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.38/preferred-localization-v1.38.tsv">preferred-localization-v1.38.tsv</a> (7.0MB)</li>
<li>Download curated major map features library in JSON format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.38/important-features-v1.38.json">important-features-v1.38.json</a> (1.1MB)</li>
<li>Access daylight parquet files: π¦ <a href="https://gist.github.com/jenningsanderson/3e42a99dcb8f760038ad8aa47ea38ce8">analysis-ready parquet files</a></li>
</ul>
2024-01-17T00:00:00+00:00daylightmap.org/2024/01/17/daylight-v138-release.htmlDaylight Map Distribution v1.37 Released<p>Version 1.37 of Daylight Map Distribution now available for download.</p>
<ul>
<li>Daylight planet files are composed of 100% OSM data, released under the terms of the Open Database License</li>
<li>Weβve checked public OSM changes, fixed those that might be harmful to our users and imported those fixes into the distribution.</li>
<li>We publish the data in PBF, OSC, and other common file formats universally supported by OSM tools and already used for planet-scale file distribution</li>
</ul>
<p>π₯ Download Daylight Map Distribution right now in OpenStreetMap PBF format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.37/planet-v1.37.osm.pbf">planet-v1.37.osm.pbf</a> (75GB)</p>
<p>As always, <a href="/coastlines.html">coastlines</a>, <a href="/admin-boundaries.html">administrative boundaries</a>, and <a href="/buildings.html">buildings</a> from our collaborators at Esri and Microsoft are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li>Download v1.37 matching coastlines in Shapefile format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.37/coastlines-v1.37.tgz">coastlines-v1.37.tgz</a> (1.6GB)</li>
<li>Download administrative boundaries in OpenStreetMap OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.37/admin-v1.37.osc.gz">admin-v1.37.osc.gz</a> (2.7GB)</li>
<li>Download building footprints in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.37/ml-buildings-v1.37.osm.pbf">ml-buildings-v1.37.osm.pbf</a> (140GB)</li>
<li>Download ml experimental roads in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.37/fb-ml-roads-v1.37.osc.gz">fb-ml-roads-v1.37.osc.gz</a> (4.8GB)</li>
<li>Download additional translations in TSV format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.37/preferred-localization-v1.37.tsv">preferred-localization-v1.37.tsv</a> (2.9MB)</li>
<li>Download curated major map features library in JSON format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.37/important-features-v1.37.json">important-features-v1.37.json</a> (1.1MB)</li>
<li>Access daylight parquet files: π¦ <a href="https://gist.github.com/jenningsanderson/3e42a99dcb8f760038ad8aa47ea38ce8">analysis-ready parquet files</a></li>
</ul>
2024-01-04T00:00:00+00:00daylightmap.org/2024/01/04/daylight-v137-released.htmlDaylight Map Distribution v1.36 Released<p>Version 1.36 of Daylight Map Distribution now available for download.</p>
<ul>
<li>Daylight planet files are composed of 100% OSM data, released under the terms of the Open Database License</li>
<li>Weβve checked public OSM changes, fixed those that might be harmful to our users and imported those fixes into the distribution.</li>
<li>We publish the data in PBF, OSC, and other common file formats universally supported by OSM tools and already used for planet-scale file distribution</li>
</ul>
<p>π₯ Download Daylight Map Distribution right now in OpenStreetMap PBF format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.36/planet-v1.36.osm.pbf">planet-v1.36.osm.pbf</a> (75GB)</p>
<p>As always, <a href="/coastlines.html">coastlines</a>, <a href="/admin-boundaries.html">administrative boundaries</a>, and <a href="/buildings.html">buildings</a> from our collaborators at Esri and Microsoft are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li>Download v1.36 matching coastlines in Shapefile format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.36/coastlines-v1.36.tgz">coastlines-v1.36.tgz</a> (1.6GB)</li>
<li>Download administrative boundaries in OpenStreetMap OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.36/admin-v1.36.osc.gz">admin-v1.36.osc.gz</a> (2.7GB)</li>
<li>Download building footprints in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.36/ml-buildings-v1.36.osm.pbf">ml-buildings-v1.36.osm.pbf</a> (140GB)</li>
<li>Download ml experimental roads in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.36/fb-ml-roads-v1.36.osc.gz">fb-ml-roads-v1.36.osc.gz</a> (4.8GB)</li>
<li>Download additional translations in TSV format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.36/preferred-localization-v1.36.tsv">preferred-localization-v1.36.tsv</a> (2.9MB)</li>
<li>Download curated major map features library in JSON format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.36/important-features-v1.36.json">important-features-v1.36.json</a> (1.1MB)</li>
<li>Access daylight parquet files: π¦ <a href="https://gist.github.com/jenningsanderson/3e42a99dcb8f760038ad8aa47ea38ce8">analysis-ready parquet files</a></li>
</ul>
2023-12-15T00:00:00+00:00daylightmap.org/2023/12/15/daylight-v136-released.htmlDaylight Map Distribution v1.35 Released<p>Version 1.35 of Daylight Map Distribution now available for download.</p>
<ul>
<li>Daylight planet files are composed of 100% OSM data, released under the terms of the Open Database License</li>
<li>Weβve checked public OSM changes, fixed those that might be harmful to our users and imported those fixes into the distribution.</li>
<li>We publish the data in PBF, OSC, and other common file formats universally supported by OSM tools and already used for planet-scale file distribution</li>
</ul>
<p>π₯ Download Daylight Map Distribution right now in OpenStreetMap PBF format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.35/planet-v1.35.osm.pbf">planet-v1.35.osm.pbf</a> (74GB)</p>
<p>As always, <a href="/coastlines.html">coastlines</a>, <a href="/admin-boundaries.html">administrative boundaries</a>, and <a href="/buildings.html">buildings</a> from our collaborators at Esri and Microsoft are also available:</p>
<ul>
<li>Download v1.35 matching coastlines in Shapefile format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.35/coastlines-v1.35.tgz">coastlines-v1.35.tgz</a> (1.6GB)</li>
<li>Download administrative boundaries in OpenStreetMap OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.35/admin-v1.35.osc.gz">admin-v1.35.osc.gz</a> (2.7GB)</li>
<li>Download building footprints in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.35/ml-buildings-v1.35.osm.pbf">ml-buildings-v1.35.osm.pbf</a> (66.4GB)</li>
<li>Download ml experimental roads in OSC format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.35/fb-ml-roads-v1.35.osc.gz">fb-ml-roads-v1.35.osc.gz</a> (4.8GB)</li>
<li>Download additional translations in TSV format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.35/preferred-localization-v1.35.tsv">preferred-localization-v1.35.tsv</a> (2.9MB)</li>
<li>Download curated major map features library in JSON format: π¦ <a href="https://daylight-map-distribution.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/release/v1.35/important-features-v1.35.json">important-features-v1.35.json</a> (1.1MB)</li>
<li>Access daylight parquet files: π¦ <a href="https://gist.github.com/jenningsanderson/3e42a99dcb8f760038ad8aa47ea38ce8">analysis-ready parquet files</a></li>
</ul>
2023-11-29T00:00:00+00:00daylightmap.org/2023/11/29/daylight-v135-released.htmlGlobal Urban Areas dataset available in Daylight<p>Starting today, the Daylight Map Distribution will include vectorized urban area features derived from the <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-7oorylcamixxc#overview">European Space Agencyβs 2020 World Cover (10m)</a> rasters. This dataset provides global coverage and is suitable for use in maps up to 1:100k (zoom level 12).</p>
<h2 id="background">Background</h2>
<p>The Display Maps team at Meta <a href="https://engineering.fb.com/2023/02/07/web/basemap-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-improvements/">serves beautiful maps</a> to a variety of applications like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and
many others using data from Daylight Map Distribution.</p>
<p>As an addendum to our previous release of <a href="https://daylightmap.org/2023/10/11/landcover.html">Global Vectorized Landcover</a>, weβre pleased to release a new vectorized urban areas dataset. We feature this dataset in our maps at a variety of zooms to highlight areas of urban concentration.</p>
<p>This high resolution dataset consists of 37,000 polygonal areas around the globe, and provides enough detail for most use-cases. Weβre also offering a lighter weight version that consists only of the largest 1000 areas globally.</p>
<p><img src="/assets/urban_1.png" alt="urban_1" />
<em>The Greater Richmond urban area shown in light gray.</em></p>
<p>Since this was derived alongside our Global Landcover dataset, it was generated using the <a href="https://daylightmap.org/2023/10/11/landcover.html">same processes</a> mentioned in our previous post. For this particular dataset, we added some finishing touches to generalize and simplify this dataset further.</p>
<p><img src="/assets/urban_2.png" alt="urban_2" />
_ the greater Pittsburgh area, as included in the lightweight dataset (left), smaller areas in North West Pittsburgh included in the full resolution dataset. (right)_</p>
<p><img src="/assets/urban_3.png" alt="urban_3" />
<em>Global view of all generated urban areas.</em></p>
<p><img src="/assets/urban_4.png" alt="urban_4" />
<em>US View of top 1000 largest (yellow) vs. all (grey).</em></p>
<h2 id="to-access-this-dataset">To Access This Dataset</h2>
<p>Download the zipped shapefiles from s3: <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">s3://daylight-openstreetmap/urban/</code></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://daylight-openstreetmap.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/urban/urban_areas_full.zip">urban_areas_full.zip</a></li>
<li><a href="https://daylight-openstreetmap.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/urban/urban_areas_full.zip">urban_areas_top1000.zip</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="how-to-reach-the-team">How To Reach The Team</h2>
<p>If you have any questions about this data distribution, we have created a <a href="https://osmus.slack.com/archives/CSPDYAY1F/p1579720412000200">#daylightdistro_feedback Slack channel in OSM US</a>. Members of the team will be there periodically to answer questions. You can also email the team at <a href="mailto:osm@fb.com">osm@fb.com</a>. Visit <a href="https://developer.oculus.com/presence-platform/maps/">Maps at Meta</a> for more information.</p>
2023-11-27T00:00:00+00:00daylightmap.org/2023/11/27/urban.html