Automatically Extracted Buildings “Automatically Extracted Buildings” is a raw digital product in vector format created by NRCan.<br><br>It consists of a single topographical feature class that delineates polygonal building footprints automatically extracted from airborne Lidar data, high-resolution optical imagery or other sources. geoinfo@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca dataset; jeuDonnées Automatic Extraction LiDAR Buildings Product Specifications Spécifications du produit https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/extraction/auto_building/pdf/AutoExtractBuilding_en_Specifications.pdf Product Specifications Spécifications du produit https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/extraction/auto_building/pdf/AutoExtractBuilding_fr_Specifications.pdf Feature Catalogue Catalogue d'entités https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/extraction/auto_building/html/AutoExtractBuilding_en_Catalogue.html Feature Catalogue Catalogue d'entités https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/extraction/auto_building/html/AutoExtractBuilding_fr_Catalogue.html Prepackaged FGDB files (download directory) Fichiers FGDB préemballés (répertoire de téléchargement ) https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/extraction/auto_building/fgdb Prepackaged Shapefiles (download directory) Fichiers Shape préemballés (répertoire de téléchargement ) https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/extraction/auto_building/shp Index of available files (drag and drop the kmz file in Google Earth to localize your region of interest) Index des fichiers disponibles (Glisser le fichier kmz dans Google Earth pour localiser la région d'intérêt) https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/extraction/auto_building/kmz/AutoBuildingIndex.kmz Automatic Extraction of Building Footprints (Group layer) Extraction automatique d'empreintes de bâtiments (Group layer) https://maps.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/automatic_extraction_building_footprint_en?request=getcapabilities&service=wms&layers=automatic_extraction_building_footprint_en&version=1.3.0&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html Automatic Extraction of Building Footprints (Group layer) Extraction automatique d'empreintes de bâtiments (Group layer) https://cartes.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/automatic_extraction_building_footprint_fr?request=getcapabilities&service=wms&layers=automatic_extraction_building_footprint_fr&version=1.3.0&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html Customized files (selectable extent, clipping and format) Geospatial-Data Extraction Tool (French interface) Fichiers personnalisés (sélection d'étendue, de découpage et de format) Outil d'extraction de données géospatiales (interface français) https://maps.canada.ca/czs/index-fr.html Customized files (selectable extent, clipping and format) Geospatial-Data Extraction Tool (English interface) Fichiers personnalisés (sélection d'étendue, de découpage et de format) Outil d'extraction de données géospatiales (interface anglais) https://maps.canada.ca/czs/index-en.html
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Automatically Extracted Buildings
“Automatically Extracted Buildings” is a raw digital product in vector format created by NRCan.
It consists of a single topographical feature class that delineates polygonal building footprints automatically extracted from airborne Lidar data, high-resolution optical imagery or other sources.
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Date Created
2018-11
Date Published
2025-08
Temporal Coverage
2006 - Present
Access in last 30 days
401
All time access
1,494
Source(s) and Citation
Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector. (2025-08). Automatically Extracted Buildings. Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector.
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Index of available files (drag and drop the kmz file in Google Earth to localize your region of interest)
Type:
Supporting Document
Format:
KMZ
Languages:
Not available
Automatic Extraction of Building Footprints (Group layer)
Type:
Web Service
Format:
WMS
Languages:
English
Automatic Extraction of Building Footprints (Group layer)
Type:
Web Service
Format:
WMS
Languages:
French
Customized files (selectable extent, clipping and format) Geospatial-Data Extraction Tool (French interface)
Type:
Application
Format:
Web App
Languages:
French
Customized files (selectable extent, clipping and format) Geospatial-Data Extraction Tool (English interface)
Type:
Application
Format:
Web App
Languages:
English
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