A map of differences between the situation on the ground and EGiB, built from free GUGiK data
The portal compares the buildings visible in the airborne LiDAR point cloud with the buildings in the Polish land and building register (EGiB). The result is a map of differences and a list of places to check before field work for a design base map, an EGiB update or a register modernisation. All data come from the free resources of GUGiK (the Polish Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography); the portal does not send anything to external AI tools.
The result is a hint, not a survey. A LiDAR outline is the roof with its eaves, not the ground-floor footprint, and EGiB from the public service may be incomplete. Every change must be confirmed by a survey that meets the technical standard (0,10 m relative to the control network for buildings).
| Category | Meaning | Typical cause |
|---|---|---|
| NEW | detected object covered by EGiB in less than 20% | building, garage, hall or shelter missing from EGiB |
| EXTENSION | part of a detected object lies outside the EGiB footprint | extension, attached garage, canopy |
| MISSING | EGiB building detected in less than 20% | demolition, building under tree crowns, classification error, or a building erected after the LiDAR flight is in EGiB while the cloud is older |
| REDUCTION | part of an EGiB building was not detected | partial demolition, low roof outside class 6 |
A 1,5 m band along the EGiB walls (eaves, the stepped edge of the 0,5 m grid) is ignored. A part reaching beyond the band must be at least 1 m wide and then keeps its full depth, so extensions from about 2,5 m deep (eaves included) are reported, while roof overhangs along the walls are not. Differences smaller than 15 m² are skipped. Objects cut by the boundary of the marked area are not listed, but they still count in the comparison; the map shows them with a grey dashed outline.
The same chain can be run in QGIS 3.44 LTR with the scripts described in the manual (tested on the Ełk sheet N-34-81-D-a-2-2-2-1). Download the PDF manual.
| EGiB | Ewidencja Gruntów i Budynków: the Polish land and building register kept by the county |
| GUGiK | Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii: the Polish Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography |
| LiDAR, LAZ | airborne laser scanning; LAZ is a compressed point cloud file |
| Class 6 | points classified by GUGiK as buildings and structures (LAS format, ASPRS classes) |
| KIEG | Krajowa Integracja Ewidencji Gruntów: national view of parcels from all counties |
| ULDK, UUG | GUGiK services that locate parcels and addresses, used by the search box |
| PL-1992, PL-2000 | Polish coordinate systems (EPSG:2180 and 2176-2179 for zones 5-8); X is north, Y is east |
| PGiK | Prawo geodezyjne i kartograficzne: the Polish Geodetic and Cartographic Law |