def footprints_from_polygon(polygon, footprint_type='building', retain_invalid=False):
    """
    Get footprints within some polygon.

    Parameters
    ----------
    polygon : shapely Polygon or MultiPolygon
        the shape to get data within. coordinates should be in units of
        latitude-longitude degrees.
    footprint_type : string
        type of footprint to be downloaded. OSM tag key e.g. 'building', 'landuse', 'place', etc.
    retain_invalid : bool
        if False discard any footprints with an invalid geometry

    Returns
    -------
    GeoDataFrame
    """

    return create_footprints_gdf(polygon=polygon, footprint_type=footprint_type, 
                                 retain_invalid=retain_invalid)
Get footprints within some polygon.

    Parameters
    ----------
    polygon : shapely Polygon or MultiPolygon
        the shape to get data within. coordinates should be in units of
        latitude-longitude degrees.
    footprint_type : string
        type of footprint to be downloaded. OSM tag key e.g. 'building', 'landuse', 'place', etc.
    retain_invalid : bool
        if False discard any footprints with an invalid geometry

    Returns
    -------
    GeoDataFrame