Concepts

An overview of key concepts of the openplaces data structure.

• Administrative units: geography
  • Default spine
  • Spatial boundaries
• Entities: the units of analysis
  • Building blocks
  • Spatial reference and partitioning
• Datasets: the attributes
  • Themes
• Geographic identifiers: geo_id
  • Administrative units: admin_id
  • Building footprints: Plus Codes
  • Parcels and the geo_id
• Recipes: processing instructions
  • Identifiers
  • Location
  • Understanding recipes
• Pipeline: the processing steps