Kuwait Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Kuwait. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes through hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building location data.
• Urban planning analysis of building distribution and land use.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building.
• Covers a wide range of building types from residential to institutional.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, 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.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:12:47.384291; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kuwait