oq-gem

Glossary for gem taxonomy

This Glossary is aligned with the GEM Building Taxonomy v2, support for v4 is coming soon.


The shape of the building footprint is approximately triangular in shape, or a tapered wedge shape.

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A building with triangular plan shape, Hotel Europe, Vancouver, Canada (Left: S. Brzev; Right: map data ©2013 Google, Province of British Columbia, DigitalGlobe, IMTCAN)

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A building with triangular plan shape, San Francisco, California, USA (Map data ©2013 Google, SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, Image Landsat)