Building Footprints for Guernsey from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap provides building footprints across Guernsey, including every feature tagged as a building. The data likely contains features such as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Estimate population density based on building footprints.
• Assess potential damage from natural disasters based on building locations and types.
• Plan urban development and infrastructure based on existing building distribution.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes a variety of building types as indicated by the `building=*` tag.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:03:50.186623; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Guernsey