Building Footprints of Bhutan from OpenStreetMap

Bhutan's building footprints, tagged from OpenStreetMap, include residential, commercial, and institutional structures. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-06-26. Coverage likely reflects volunteer mapping activity, with urban areas typically more complete than remote regions.

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.

Strengths

• Includes diverse building types such as homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer mapping and collaborative contribution.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 04:45:49.961101

Geography

Bhutan