Next generation OGC standard for cartographic portrayal interoperability

Geographical features may have a considerable effect on local climate. The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) system proposed by Stewart and Oke (2012) is nowadays seen as a standard referential to classify any zone according to a set of geographic indicators. While many methods already exist to map the LCZ, only few tools are openly and freely available. This manuscript presents the algorithm implemented in the GeoClimate software to identify the LCZ of any place in the world based on OpenStreetMap data.