Building Footprints of Bahrain from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data contains building footprints across Bahrain, tagged for types such as 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 reflects areas where volunteer mappers have been active, with urban areas typically well-represented.

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and type.
• Assess potential damage from natural disasters using building location data.
• Plan urban development and infrastructure projects using building footprint maps.
• Analyze the distribution of community facilities like schools and places of worship.

Strengths

• Includes diverse building types tagged with the OpenStreetMap `building=*` key.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON, HTML).
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with remote areas potentially sparse due to volunteer mapper activity.
• 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 via the OpenStreetMap collaborative project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 02:37:12.138681; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bahrain