American Samoa Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

American Samoa building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes through hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and last updated on 2026-05-13.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for natural disasters based on building locations.
• Urban planning analysis based on the distribution of residential and institutional buildings.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building.
• Covers a wide range of building types, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 23:47:53.924276; freshness should be verified.

Geography

American Samoa