Brunei Darussalam Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Brunei Darussalam, including every feature tagged as a building. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and types.
• Assess building damage after natural disasters using footprint data.
• Plan urban development and infrastructure projects using building locations.
• Analyze land use patterns by categorizing building types (e.g., residential, commercial).

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, suggesting broad coverage of mapped structures.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON), offering flexibility for different GIS tools.
• Explicitly includes diverse building types such as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.

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 2026-05-14 01:32:21.656686; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brunei Darussalam