Apr 21, 2026
Open Building Population Layer (Canada) — v3
Open Building Population Layer for Canada - v3, derived from open-source building footprints and census data
Mapped Currents
Water, maps, open data, and field notes from Maxim Fortin
Selected Projects
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Mar 14, 2024
Open Building Population Layer (United States) - beta
Open Building Population Layer for the United States, derived from Microsoft building footprints and census data (beta version)
Latest Blog Posts
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Feb 1, 2025
2024 Research: Year in Review
Overview of peer-reviewed publications related to flood modelling and climate change in 2024
Mar 4, 2024
A GIS-based method for identifying gaps in building footprint coverage
This article presents a method for identifying areas where there are gaps in large-scale building footprint layers, using building population and census datasets
Featured Research & Media
View all outputsPapers · Jun 11, 2025
Medium Resolution Digital Elevation Model From Natural Resources Canada’s CanElevation Series (MRDEM-30)
IEEE Data Descriptions - Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)
Media Coverage · May 29, 2025
From Data to Action: FHIMP and the Future of Flood Risk Governance in Canada
GoGeomatics Canada
Presentations · May 14, 2025
Open Building Population Layer for Canada: A Game-Changer in High-Resolution Population Data
GeoIgnite 2025
Papers · Dec 1, 2024
Large-scale flood modelling based on LiDAR data: a case study in the Southwest Miramichi watershed, New Brunswick, Canada
Canadian Water Resources Journal
Papers · Aug 17, 2024
Post-wildfire boreal forest vegetation cover change mapping via information fusion for secondary disaster risk assessments
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Papers · Aug 7, 2024
Pluvial flood modeling for coastal areas under future climate change – A case study for Prince Edward Island, Canada
Journal of Hydrology
Presentations · Mar 14, 2024
Global Flood Partnership: Flood Hazards in Canada: Update from the National Flood Mapping Program
Global Flood Partnership Webinar Series
Papers · Dec 21, 2023
A rapid high-resolution multi-sensory urban flood mapping framework via DEM upscaling
Remote Sensing of Environment
