Building Footprints Across Cyprus from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Cyprus, including every feature tagged as a building. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Estimate population density based on building footprint distribution.
• Assess structural damage after natural disasters using building location data.
• Plan urban development and infrastructure based on existing building layouts.
• Analyze land use patterns by categorizing building types (e.g., residential, commercial, institutional).

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Covers the entire region of Cyprus.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but 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 project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 12:01:04.187746; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cyprus