Building Footprints Across Antigua and Barbuda from OpenStreetMap

Antigua and Barbuda building footprints 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 2026-05-13 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is licensed under ODbL-1.0.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for natural disasters using building footprint locations.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development analysis based on building distribution.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap building tags (`building=*`), covering a range of types from homes to public facilities.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON) for flexibility.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

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 mapping and export via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 23:50:37.753623; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Antigua and Barbuda