Building Footprints Across Australia from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Australia, including every feature tagged as a building. The data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project and exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for natural disasters using building footprint data.
• Urban planning analysis of building distribution and land use.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of building types, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• 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-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:25:32.437082; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia