Building Footprints Across Bulgaria from OpenStreetMap

Building footprints across Bulgaria exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes through hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint data.
• Urban planning analysis of building distribution and land use.
• Infrastructure development planning based on existing building locations.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, suggesting broad coverage.
• Covers multiple building types, from residential to institutional.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14, indicating recent data.

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-collected mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:58:53.929147

Geography

Bulgaria