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Thus, we investigated light detection and ranging (LiDAR) derivatives data to classify buildings and extract building inventory information, such as different heights of the buildings and footprint area. The most important data to achieve this was also investigated and classified using machine learning methods, such as Random Forest, Random Tree, and Optimized Forest, over the object-based segmentation results. All of the machine learning methods successfully classified the buildings with high accuracy, whereas the other methods outperformed RT. The height and footprint area results show that the archived sensitivity of the building inventory information is sufficient for the data to be further used in different applications, such as detailed structural health monitoring. Overall, this study presents a methodology that can accurately extract building information. 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