Building Footprints Across Hungary from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports from May 2026 provide building footprints across Hungary. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled every feature tagged as a building, including residential, commercial, and institutional structures. The data is useful for urban planning and humanitarian applications, though completeness varies by region.

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and type.
• Assess damage after natural disasters by comparing building footprints over time.
• Plan urban development and infrastructure based on existing building locations.
• Analyze land use patterns from the mix of residential, hospital, school, and worship buildings.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers a diverse range of building types, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:14:41.664614

Geography

Hungary