Burkina Faso Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Burkina Faso, including residential, hospital, school, and place of worship features. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies, with urban areas likely more complete than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response based on building footprint changes.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development based on building locations and types.

Strengths

• Includes diverse building types such as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:35:42.826692

Geography

Burkina Faso