Building Footprints Across Kyrgyzstan from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Kyrgyzstan. 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 the export, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response based on building locations.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development based on building distribution.
• Land use analysis based on building types like hospitals, schools, and places of worship.

Strengths

• Covers all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Includes diverse building types such as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:13:05.263872.

Geography

Kyrgyzstan