Equatorial Guinea Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Equatorial Guinea, including residential, hospital, school, and place of worship features. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, last updated in May 2026. Completeness likely varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-15, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap project, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:54:07.643720

Geography

Equatorial Guinea