Albania Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

Building footprints across Albania sourced from OpenStreetMap. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was last updated on 2026-05-13 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint data.
• Urban planning analysis based on building distribution and land use.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers multiple building types, from residential to institutional.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 19:23:37.126988.

Geography

Albania