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~1.4B ML-detected building footprints (many with height estimates) from Bing Maps imagery. Useful for city kits, proxy LOD0 buildings, and OSM gap-fill — not as a ToS-safe Google/Bing mesh scrape.
[](https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/entry/ms-building-footprints/)
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Redistributing the Data requires including CDLA Permissive 2.0 text. Derived “Results” (e.g. analysis outputs) are unrestricted under the license.
Imagery sources vary by region; treat footprints as approximate.
Keep the CDLA Permissive 2.0 text with any copy of the Data you share (section 2.1); no on-screen credit is required, and neither the licence nor the repository README asks for one.
Evidence
Repo LICENSE (2026-08-24): “licensed by Microsoft under CLDA Permissive 2.0” (CDLA Permissive 2.0).
README (2026-08-24): “freely available for download and use under CDLA Permissive 2.0.”
Live CDLA Permissive 2.0: use/modify/share Data; no restriction on Results.
Live CDLA Permissive 2.0 (2026-09-26): "A Data Recipient may share Data, with or without modifications, so long as the Data Recipient makes available the text of this agreement with the shared Data."
Same page, section 3.1 (2026-09-26): "This agreement does not impose any restriction or obligations with respect to the use, modification, or sharing of Results."
Live README, License section (2026-09-26): "This data is licensed by Microsoft under the CDLA Permissive 2.0." No credit or citation request elsewhere in the README
