Dominican Republic Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports contain every feature tagged as a building across the Dominican Republic, including residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) aggregated this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for natural disasters using building footprint locations.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development analysis leveraging building distribution.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers multiple building types, from residential to institutional.
• 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 via the OpenStreetMap project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:54:16.703550; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dominican Republic