Building Footprints Across the Cook Islands from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap-derived building footprints across the Cook Islands, tagged for residential, commercial, and public uses. The dataset is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-06-27. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas typically well-represented.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building location data.
• Urban planning analysis based on the distribution of residential and public buildings.

Strengths

• Includes diverse building types such as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with remote areas likely sparse due to reliance on volunteer mapper activity.
• 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 mapping and data extraction from OpenStreetMap.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 02:18:18.896041; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cook Islands