Aruba Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

Aruba building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, ranging from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was last updated on 2026-05-12 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team under the ODbL license.

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap building features (`building=*`) for the region.
• Covers a diverse 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; 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, exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 12:02:06.080703.

Geography

Aruba