Parking2PV Hesse

This dataset provides a geospatial classification of large parking lots (greater than 900 m²) in the federal state of Hesse, Germany, evaluating their suitability for photovoltaic (PV) installations.

The parking lot geometries were derived from two authoritative and open sources: the Authoritative Topographic-Cartographic Information System (ATKIS) and OpenStreetMap (OSM). Duplicates were removed, and the geometries were trimmed to match the boundaries of Hesse. Parking lots smaller than 900 m² were excluded to align with current policy guidelines and technical feasibility thresholds for PV canopy installations.

Each parking lot was classified into one of two categories employing machine learning. Class 0 indicates parking lots unsuitable for PV, while Class 1 designates those suitable for PV installations. The classification utilized an XGBoost model trained on more than 1,000 manually labeled parking lots using various input features.