Cook Islands Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across the Cook Islands, including residential, commercial, and institutional structures. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-14. It is useful for applications in population estimation, damage assessment, and urban planning.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building location data.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development based on building distribution.
• Cross-referencing local field knowledge for mapping completeness validation.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, from homes to hospitals.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON.
• Data is licensed under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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-collaborated mapping exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:41:54.836637

Geography

Cook Islands