Lithuania Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

Lithuania building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Covers the entire country of Lithuania.
• Includes a variety of building types such as residential, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: 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 platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:54:27.240743

Geography

Lithuania