Building Footprints Across Iraq from OpenStreetMap

Iraq building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Estimate population density based on building footprints.
• Assess damage to infrastructure after a conflict or natural disaster based on building locations and types.
• Plan urban development and service delivery based on the distribution of residential and public buildings.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building, suggesting broad coverage of building types.
• Exported in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON) for interoperability.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14, indicating recent data.

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 16:37:44.721015

Geography

Iraq