Building Footprints Across the Bahamas for Urban Planning

OpenStreetMap data provides building footprints across the Bahamas, tagged for types including residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The dataset is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-06-26. Coverage likely varies, with urban areas typically well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint data.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development analysis leveraging building locations.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON, HTML) for flexibility.
• Features are tagged with building types, enabling categorical analysis.

Limitations

• Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, leading to potential gaps in remote areas.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer mapping contributions aggregated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 02:39:40.142677; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bahamas