Building Footprints for Anguilla from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap building footprints across Anguilla include every feature tagged as a building, from homes to hospitals and schools. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data, which was last updated on 2026-05 10. This free, collaborative map is built by volunteers, making it useful for population estimation and damage assessment.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response based on building location and footprint data.
• Urban planning and development analysis based on the spatial distribution of residential and public buildings.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, covering multiple types from residential to institutional.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-10, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but 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 for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-10 00:58:38.815444

Geography

Anguilla