Faroe Islands Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

Faroe Islands building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The data is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint locations.
• Urban planning analysis leveraging the classification of structures like hospitals and schools.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers multiple building types mentioned in the description, such as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

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-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:32:56.235854; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Faroe Islands