Building Footprints of Lebanon for Population and Damage Assessment

Building footprints across Lebanon, tagged with OpenStreetMap's `building=*` key, include residential, commercial, and institutional structures. The dataset is sourced from OpenStreetMap and maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), with a last recorded update in June 2026. Coverage is derived from volunteer mapping activity and is likely more complete in urban areas.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response based on building footprint locations.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development based on the spatial distribution of buildings.
• Cross-referencing local field knowledge for critical decision-making.

Strengths

• Includes diverse building types such as homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with remote areas likely sparse compared to well-mapped urban areas.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer collaborative mapping

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 11:16:51.609607; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lebanon