Note that Open Street Map data also includes building footprints, which might be a suitable alternative to google maps.
On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 at 03:28, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: > > krishna Ayyala <[email protected]> writes: > > > I have google Satellite as my background map in QGIS. I have zoomed into > an > > area where there are lot of buildings. Is there any tool in QGIS that can > > extract just the building footprint area? Only the building footprints > and > > no trees or no shrubs around the building. I have an area that has about > > 3000 buildings. > > Does your license agreement with Google allow that? I have always had > the impression that the normal terms did not, so if that's changed or if > I am confused that's very interesting. > > (I'm also interested in answers to your question; in my area I have > imagery from the state government where that sort of use is clearly > permissible.) > > Greg > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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