Iran Building Footprints and Attributes from OpenStreetMap

Iran Buildings is a geospatial dataset containing all OpenStreetMap features tagged as buildings within Iran. The dataset likely includes attributes such as building name, type, levels, materials, and address components. It was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and last updated on March 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping urban development patterns based on building locations and types.
• Analyzing building material distribution for construction or disaster risk assessment.
• Geocoding addresses for service delivery or logistics planning based on addr:* fields.
• Estimating population density or urban sprawl based on building footprint density.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML).
• Attributes include multilingual building names (name:en, name:fa) and detailed address components.
• Dataset is maintained and updated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of OpenStreetMap features tagged with 'building'.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 12:54:27.893408.

Geography

Iran