Isle of Man Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export of building footprints across the Isle of Man, compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It includes features tagged as buildings, such as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14.

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 the distribution of buildings.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers multiple building types, from residential to institutional, as mentioned in the description.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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 16:19:45.780684.

Geography

Isle of Man