Building Footprints Across the British Virgin Islands from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across the British Virgin Islands, including residential, hospital, school, and place of worship features. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Estimate population density based on building footprint distribution.
• Assess potential damage from natural disasters based on building locations and types.
• Plan urban development and infrastructure projects using a map of existing structures.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, from homes to hospitals.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-05-15 09:33:09.892155.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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 09:33:09.892155

Geography

British Virgin Islands