Research
Open research for a more visible, sustainable, and safer world.
Outerview supports research that helps people understand physical conditions, improve communities, and respond to the sustainability challenges shaping daily life.
Open Research
We believe physical-world intelligence should help researchers ask better questions, validate real conditions, and share knowledge that can move public understanding forward.
Climate Resilience
Street-level evidence can reveal heat, flooding, tree canopy gaps, infrastructure stress, and the everyday signals that shape climate adaptation.
Better Communities
Outerview is committed to helping communities understand the places they live, work, and visit with clearer information and practical context.
Safer Places
Open visual research can support safer streets, better maintenance, stronger planning, and faster attention to risks that are too easy to overlook.
Open Data
Explore public datasets prepared for understanding places, infrastructure, environmental conditions, and visible change.
Road Safety & Vulnerable Road Users
Outerview’s Road Safety & Vulnerable Road Users dataset delivers street-level visual coverage focused on traffic safety and accessibility signals. With 484 curated entries sourced from Outerview and Mapillary across multiple countries and major urban regions, it’s designed to help researchers and computer vision engineers build and evaluate models for safer, more inclusive mobility systems.
Updated Jul 14, 2026
Urban Climate & Green Infrastructure
Urban Climate & Green Infrastructure is Outerview’s 18,107-sample visual dataset of lower-carbon and climate-resilient city assets. It captures recognizable street-level signals for street trees, bike lanes, solar panels, EV chargers, rain gardens, and green roofs—spanning major cities and states across the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Singapore, and more.
Updated Jul 14, 2026
Retail Streetscape & Storefront Signals
Retail Streetscape & Storefront Signals is a geospatial visual dataset designed to help researchers and analysts quantify street-level commerce. With 73,704 imagery records spanning 12 countries (led by the United States, Germany, Canada, and the UK), it provides consistent storefront-oriented signals for downstream mapping, monitoring, and comparative studies.
Updated Jul 14, 2026
Construction & Infrastructure Change
Construction & Infrastructure Change is an Outerview dataset built for measuring and modeling visual change in built environments. With 55,801 images spanning major US metros and multiple European countries, it supports research in construction monitoring, public works analytics, and computer vision benchmarks focused on construction sites and street-level conditions.
Updated Jul 14, 2026
Wildlife Near Roads & Cities
Wildlife Near Roads & Cities is an Outerview dataset of 30,743 street-level wildlife observations collected across major urban and roadside contexts. It’s designed to support ecology research, collision-risk analysis, and urban nature studies using reliable visual search queries for common species such as deer, raccoon, fox, coyote, turtle, and birds.
Updated Jul 14, 2026
OSM Civic & Community Places
Outerview’s OSM Civic & Community Places dataset is a balanced OpenStreetMap node sample focused on civic and community locations. It includes 397,704 records across three high-signal categories—Schools, Places of Worship, and Nature Reserves—with strong global coverage spanning the United States, Brazil, Argentina, France, and Japan.
Updated Jul 14, 2026
OSM Food & Hospitality Places
Outerview’s OSM Food & Hospitality Places dataset is a curated, balanced OpenStreetMap node sample focused on food and hospitality. With 800,000 global locations spanning restaurants, fast food, and hotels, it’s designed for fast experimentation in mapping, geo-analytics, and computer vision workflows.
Updated Jul 14, 2026