Building Footprints Across Israel from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Israel, including every feature tagged as a building. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically being better mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint changes.
• Urban planning analysis based on the distribution of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, from homes to hospitals.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Last updated 2026-05-14 20:03:04.501211.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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-collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:03:04.501211.

Geography

Israel