Datasets:
SolarMap.PH data product schema
Every file in site/public/data/ is published under CC-BY-4.0. Cite as:
SolarMap.PH (YYYY-QN), https://github.com/xmpuspus/solar-map-ph
All geometry is in EPSG:4326 (WGS84). All distances are meters unless noted.
Files
| File | Granularity | Used by |
|---|---|---|
per_building_solar_ncr.geojson |
Per OSM building (commercial/industrial/public only) | /map, /safety, / roof lookup |
residential_solar_aggregate.json |
Counts only, no geometry | /safety |
rooftop_solar_ncr.geojson |
Per 240m tile center | /map |
city_solar_saturation.json |
Per 240m cell, summed across NCR | /safety saturation index |
solar_map_ph_YYYYQN.geojson |
Per city | /map choropleth |
solar_map_ph_barangay_YYYYQN.geojson |
Per barangay, urban-area drilldown | /map |
solar_map_ph_summary_YYYYQN.json |
Franchise-wide totals | /methodology |
manifest.json |
Index of available quarters | site bootstrap |
per_building_solar_ncr.geojson
One Feature per OSM building with detected rooftop solar. Residential roofs are intentionally suppressed; see residential_solar_aggregate.json for counts.
{
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": { "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[lon, lat], ...]] },
"properties": {
"building_osm_id": 604560854, // OSM way or relation id
"building_osm_type": "way", // "way" or "relation"
"building_area_m2": 1834.2, // m^2, area of the OSM building footprint
"building_type": "commercial", // OSM `building=*` value, or `amenity` fallback
"is_residential": false, // always false in the published file
"is_commercial": true,
"panel_area_m2": 412.7, // m^2, summed across SAM segments, capped at footprint
"kwp_estimate": 68.78, // panel_area_m2 / 6.0 (CSi rule-of-thumb)
"confidence": 0.9183, // max calibrated segment score
"n_segments_merged": 4, // SAM segments merged onto this building
"tile_ids": ["14.59345_121.10221", ...],
"tile_id": "14.59345_121.10221", // primary (highest-confidence) tile
"tile_score": 0.9871 // CLIP+LR tile-level score for the primary tile
}
}
_meta on the FeatureCollection root reports generated_utc, tiles_processed, buildings_with_solar_published, buildings_residential_suppressed, kwp_per_m2, scoring, polygon_strategy, area_strategy, privacy_policy, and tiles_overpass_failed.
Caveats
kwp_estimateuses the 2015-era 6 m^2 per kWp rule of thumb (~167 W/m^2). Modern PH commercial installs run 5-7 m^2 per kWp. Use a 0.85-1.20 sensitivity band when downstream of this number.panel_area_m2is capped at the OSM building footprint area as a sanity gate against SAM over-segmenting nearby ground.- For solar arrays spanning multiple buildings,
kwp_estimateis a lower bound: each SAM segment is attributed to a single OSM building.
residential_solar_aggregate.json
{
"generated_utc": "2026-05-12T17:55:00Z",
"n_residential_buildings_with_solar": 27,
"kwp_residential_total": 917.18,
"by_building_type": {
"apartments": 4,
"house": 21,
"residential": 2
},
"policy": "Residential rooftops are intentionally not published as individual polygons..."
}
No geometry, no addresses, no per-building entries. This is the only residential-scoped figure SolarMap.PH releases.
rooftop_solar_ncr.geojson
One Point feature per 240m tile center that scored above the candidate threshold.
{
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [lon, lat] },
"properties": {
"tile_id": "14.59345_121.10221",
"score": 0.9871, // calibrated probability of containing rooftop solar
"tier": "high", // "high" (>=0.85) or "candidate" (0.70-0.85)
"anchored_to_building": true,
"osm_status": "confirmed", // "confirmed" if within 50 m of an OSM solar tag
"kwp_estimate": 68.78 // copied from per_building when anchored
}
}
city_solar_saturation.json
One row per 240m cell across NCR with a count of high-confidence detections within a 300 m halo. Used by the saturation-tier card on /safety and inside the roof-lookup tool.
[
{
"cell_lat": 14.59345,
"cell_lon": 121.10221,
"n_high_within_300m": 5,
"n_buildings_solar_within_300m": 4,
"kwp_within_300m": 73.21,
"saturation_tier": "growing" // "early", "growing", "saturated"
}
]
solar_map_ph_YYYYQN.geojson (city-level composite)
Earth Engine multi-signal composite, one polygon per franchise city.
{
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": { "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [...] },
"properties": {
"city": "Quezon City",
"province": "Metro Manila",
"psgc_code": "1380700000",
"composite": 0.74, // [0,1], higher = stronger multi-signal solar signature
"nir_delta_z": 1.42, // z-scored across cities
"swir_delta_z": 0.93,
"lst_anomaly_z": 0.41,
"nightlight_delta_z": 0.08,
"built_km2": 161.2,
"quarter": "2026Q2",
"baseline_year": 2022
}
}
The composite is correlative, not diagnostic. See /methodology on the site for the full algorithm.
License and citation
All files: CC-BY-4.0. Cite as SolarMap.PH (YYYY-QN), https://github.com/xmpuspus/solar-map-ph. Citing the software itself: see CITATION.cff at repo root.