Cambodia Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide a free, collaborative map built by volunteers. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and types.
• Damage assessment following natural disasters using building footprint data.
• Urban planning analysis of building distribution and land use.
• Cross-referencing local infrastructure for field validation.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers a wide range of building types, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

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-contributed mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:56:31.152298; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cambodia