Pedestrian attractors (Zürich)¶
Places that draw people on foot (shops, food, schools, health, culture, parks, playgrounds, sports, tourism), from OpenStreetMap, with a weight per category.
Layer id: zuerich-attractors · Geometry: point · Features: 11,372 · Region: Zürich · Project: Zürich · OSM data as of: 2026-11-01T17:26:28Z · Exported: 2026-11-01T17:32:52+00:00 · Defined in: layers/zuerich.py
Attributes¶
| Attribute | Type | Label | Source | Tagged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
osm_id |
string | OSM object | OSM element id | |
name (optional) |
string | Name | OSM tag name |
78 % |
shop (optional) |
string | Shop type | OSM tag shop |
39 % |
amenity (optional) |
string | Amenity | OSM tag amenity |
32 % |
leisure (optional) |
string | Leisure | OSM tag leisure |
27 % |
tourism (optional) |
string | Tourism | OSM tag tourism |
3 % |
category |
string | Category | classification: playground if Leisure is playground; park if Leisure is park; sports if Leisure is sports_centre or pitch or swimming_pool or stadium or fitness_centre; education if Amenity is school or university or college or kindergarten or library; health if Amenity is pharmacy or doctors or dentist or clinic or hospital; food if Amenity is restaurant or cafe or fast_food or bar or pub or ice_cream or biergarten or food_court; culture if Amenity is marketplace or townhall or community_centre or theatre or cinema or arts_centre; tourism if Tourism is not empty; shopping if Shop type is not empty; otherwise other |
|
weight |
number | Weight | classification: 3 if Category is education (Education (school, university, nursery, library)); 3 if Category is culture (Culture and public life); 3 if Category is tourism (Tourism); 2 if Category is health (Health); 2 if Category is park (Park); 2 if Category is playground (Playground); 2 if Category is sports (Sports); 1 if Category is food (Food and drink); 1 if Category is shopping (Shopping); 1 if Category is other (Other); otherwise 1 |
- Category (
category) – closed list:education: Education (school, university, nursery, library) (780)culture: Culture and public life (177)tourism: Tourism (327)health: Health (397)park: Park (227)playground: Playground (855)sports: Sports (1,969)food: Food and drink (2,280)shopping: Shopping (4,360)other: Other
Assumptions¶
Attractor weights are our assumption¶
Weights per category: Education 3, Culture and public life 3, Tourism 3, Health 2, Park 2, Playground 2, Sports 2, Food and drink 1, Shopping 1, Other 1. Inspired by the pedestrian significance maps of Leipzig and Hamburg; their weights were not available.
Status: Assumption
Areas count as one point¶
Parks, sports grounds and campuses count as one point at their centre, regardless of their size.
Status: Assumption
Sources¶
| Source | Used for | License |
|---|---|---|
| OpenStreetMap | All features and their tags | ODbL 1.0 |