Angola Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

Building footprints across Angola exported 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 2026-05-10 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and types.
• Assess building damage after a disaster using pre-event footprint data.
• Analyze urban development patterns and land use based on building locations and categories.

Strengths

• Includes a wide variety of building types, from residential to institutional.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped while 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 data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-10 00:54:13.523830; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Angola