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Skyscrapers Python Library

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Austin Cory Bart acbart@vt.edu
Version 2.0.0, created 3/22/2016
Tags: buildings, construction, building, skyscrapers, international, tall, height, tower

Overview

Collected statistics about the tallest buildings all over the world, including the materials used to develop them, the purpose of the buildings, and more.

http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/

Explore Structure

Each row represents $MISSING_FIELD.

Index Type Example Value
0 dict { }
1 dict (same structure)
2 dict (same structure)
... ... ...
Key Type Example Value Description
"id" int 12 $MISSING_FIELD
"material" str "steel" $MISSING_FIELD
"name" str "The Illinois" $MISSING_FIELD
"location" dict { }
"purposes" dict { }
"statistics" dict { }
"status" dict { }
Key Type Example Value Description
"city" str "Chicago" $MISSING_FIELD
"city_id" int 1539 $MISSING_FIELD
"country" str "US" $MISSING_FIELD
"country id" int 163 $MISSING_FIELD
"latitude" float 0.0 $MISSING_FIELD
"longitude" float 0.0 $MISSING_FIELD
Key Type Example Value Description
"abandoned" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"air traffic control tower" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"belltower" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"bridge" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"casino" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"commercial" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"education" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"exhibition" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"government" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"hospital" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"hotel" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"industrial" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"library" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"multiple" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"museum" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"observation" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"office" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"other" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"religious" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"residential" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"retail" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"serviced apartments" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"telecommunications" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
Key Type Example Value Description
"floors above" int 528 $MISSING_FIELD
"height" float 1609.3599853516 $MISSING_FIELD
"number of purposes" int 4 $MISSING_FIELD
"rank" int 1 $MISSING_FIELD
Key Type Example Value Description
"current" str "vision" $MISSING_FIELD
"completed" dict { }
"started" dict { }
Key Type Example Value Description
"is completed" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"year" int 0 $MISSING_FIELD
Key Type Example Value Description
"is started" bool True $MISSING_FIELD
"year" int 0 $MISSING_FIELD

Downloads

Download all of the following files.

  1. skyscrapers.py
  2. skyscrapers.data

Usage

import skyscrapers
skyscraper = skyscrapers.get_skyscraper()

Documentation

get_skyscraper()
Returns a list of dictionaries representing skyscraper.