Ecuador Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Ecuador, including residential, hospital, school, and religious structures. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint data.
• Urban planning analysis based on the spatial distribution of structures.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, covering multiple structure types.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas likely being incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:25:28.031126; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ecuador