Building Footprints for Bulgaria from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap building footprints across Bulgaria, tagged for residential, commercial, and institutional structures. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this data, last updated on 2026-06-26. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.

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

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

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.
• 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 and collaborative contribution.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 02:30:45.736268; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bulgaria