Building Footprints Across Bangladesh from OpenStreetMap

Bangladesh building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap, including every feature tagged as a building. The data includes residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship, and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-05-11.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building location data.
• Urban planning analysis based on the spatial distribution of structures.
• Infrastructure mapping for services like schools and hospitals mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Covers all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Includes diverse building types such as residential, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

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 2026-05-11 19:46:03.632650; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bangladesh