The footprints of every building in NYC

The landscape of NYC changes so much that the New York City Office of Technology and Innovation updates a dataset of building footprint shapes weekly.

The landscape of NYC changes so much that the New York City Office of Technology and Innovation updates a dataset of building footprint shapes weekly. Visualization: Jon Keegan / Beautiful Public Data. Data: New York City Office of Technology and Innovation I can't believe this is the first time I am writing about an NYC dataset. The scale of New York City can be overwhelming. Over 8.5 million people are estimated to live in the five boroughs of NYC, squished into 300 square miles, making it the most densely populated major city in the US. All of those people live and work in buildings…

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