Lebanon Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Lebanon, including residential, commercial, and institutional structures. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated in May 2026. Completeness varies, with urban areas likely being more thoroughly mapped than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Estimate population density based on building footprint distribution.
• Assess disaster damage by comparing pre- and post-event building footprints.
• Plan urban infrastructure and services using building location and type data.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, from homes to hospitals.
• Covers the entire region of Lebanon.
• 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, with remote areas potentially being incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:20:13.535774

Geography

Lebanon