Fiji Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap for Urban Planning

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

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and types.
• Assess potential damage from natural disasters based on building locations.
• Plan urban infrastructure and services using building footprint data.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building.
• Covers a wide range of building types, from residential to institutional.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, 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-collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:22:44.024330.

Geography

Fiji