Cabo Verde Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

Building footprints across Cabo Verde 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 based on building locations and footprints.
• Urban planning analysis based on the spatial distribution of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings.
• Infrastructure mapping based on the categorized building types like hospitals and schools.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers multiple building types, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14.

Geography

Cabo Verde