Published June 23, 2026
| Version v1
Dataset
Open
uMORPH: Global LOD1 Buildings and 100-meter Urban Canopy Parameters Dataset
Creators
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New York University
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George Mason University
Description
uMORPH is a global dataset of Level-of-Detail-1 (LOD1) building footprints with heights and 100-meter Urban Canopy Parameters (UCPs), covering 98.4% cities or locales with populations over 50,000, representing 7.84 billion people (94.5% global population), spanning all continents. uMORPH is generated using a 2 x 2 degree tile-based workflow, thus coverage extends beyond the target cities, and also includes cities lesser than 50,000 people within each processed tile.
uMORPH integrates building footprint and height data from Overture Maps Foundation (v1.9.0–v1.10.0, sourced from OpenStreetMap, Google, and Microsoft), with height infilling from the Global Human Settlement Layer Average Net Building Heights (GHSL ANBH, R2023A) where native heights were unavailable. Building geometries and heights (~2.38 billion footprints) are provided as GeoParquet vector tiles, and seven derived UCPs — mean building height, area-weighted mean building height, standard deviation of building height, plan area fraction, building surface-to-plan area ratio, frontal area index (4 directions), and building height distribution (15 bins), totaling 24 raster layers — are distributed as global Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs (100 m, WGS84) and as WRF/WPS geogrid binaries (organized by continent) compatible with the SLUCM, BEP, and BEP+BEM urban canopy schemes. It is intended to support neighborhood-scale urban climate modeling and machine-learning applications requiring consistent, global-coverage building morphology and urban canopy data, as well as other urban applications and GIS visualization systems.Other
We recommend accessing this dataset through the dedicated Globus endpoint here: https://app.globus.org/file-manager?origin_id=c43d41ac-d286-4ac4-9318-3d65f3d9b855&origin_path=%2Fmrt3g-htt34-umorph%2F. API access to Globus is also available.
Users who are interested in locating tiles for specific cities/locations can find an index with direct links to files at https://umorph.urbansystemslab.com/
For users who wish to download data directly from UltraViolet, we recommend using the API. LOD1_building_footprints_heights_asia.zip is only available via API.
Map
Features
Web Services
- WMS Layer Name
sdr:nyu_mrt3g_htt34
Files
uMORPH_Dataset_README.pdf
Files
(311.6 GB)
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additional_data_tiles_logs.zip
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africa.zip
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2.5 GB | Preview Download |
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area_weighted_mean_height.tar
md5:ab072dc048279fba0d1a7cedc1e0dce5
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4.9 GB | Download |
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asia.zip
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5.1 GB | Preview Download |
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building_height_distribution.tar
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24.0 GB | Download |
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europe.zip
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2.5 GB | Preview Download |
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frontal_area_index.tar
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21.7 GB | Download |
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global_mean_building_height_100m_wgs_COG_sample.tif
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4.9 GB | Preview Download |
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LOD1_building_footprints_heights_africa.zip
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38.1 GB | Preview Download |
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LOD1_building_footprints_heights_asia.zip
md5:7b0fff69d4f2dd7b9a7ce35eaf4878d2
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94.8 GB | Preview |
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LOD1_building_footprints_heights_europe.zip
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39.5 GB | Preview Download |
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LOD1_building_footprints_heights_north_america.zip
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27.8 GB | Preview Download |
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LOD1_building_footprints_heights_oceania.zip
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1.4 GB | Preview Download |
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LOD1_building_footprints_heights_south_america.zip
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17.7 GB | Preview Download |
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md5sum.txt
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206.2 kB | Preview Download |
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mean_building_height.tar
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4.9 GB | Download |
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north_america.zip
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2.5 GB | Preview Download |
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oceania.zip
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2.6 GB | Preview Download |
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plan_area_fraction.tar
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5.4 GB | Download |
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south_america.zip
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1.3 GB | Preview Download |
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std_dev_building_height.tar
md5:9c51aa8204a7effe07dfe019d79d2614
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4.8 GB | Download |
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surface_to_plan_area_ratio.tar
md5:6b5690000bd40e85e4e2fef4aed7ae95
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5.4 GB | Download |
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umorph_additional_data_tiles_logs_metadata.csv
md5:bb7c08e5e408c2fc0eafb9ee3e61cd35
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695 Bytes | Preview Download |
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uMORPH_Dataset_README.pdf
md5:f8a969f92510dcb9b1a772e1c45a11e3
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6.3 MB | Preview Download |
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umorph_LOD1_building_footprints_heights_metadata.csv
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302.1 kB | Preview Download |
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umorph_ucp_continental_geogrid_binaries_metadata.csv
md5:2cc0d76de25120e83f8d14e92f769e11
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1.5 kB | Preview Download |
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umorph_ucp_global_cloud_optimized_geotiffs_metadata.csv
md5:24b394fe85d4588e524865949397bc44
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6.8 kB | Preview Download |
Additional details
Related works
- Is supplemented by
- Other: https://umorph.urbansystemslab.com/ (URL)
Funding
- Google (United States)
- ClimateIQ TF2307-114864
GeoServer
- WMS Layer Name
- sdr:nyu_mrt3g_htt34
- WFS Layer Name