Building Footprints Across Burundi from OpenStreetMap

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

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Includes a wide variety of building types, from residential to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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 and export via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:12:10.184274; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Burundi