Latvian Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Latvia, including residential, hospital, school, and worship structures. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this data, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint locations.
• Urban planning analysis leveraging the spatial distribution of structures.
• Infrastructure mapping for services based on building classifications like hospitals and schools.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers multiple building types, from residential homes to hospitals and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborated mapping exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 18:05:36.038347; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Latvia