Building Footprints Across the Maldives from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across the Maldives, including every feature tagged as a building. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness of the data varies by region, with urban areas typically being better mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and type.
• Assess damage to infrastructure after natural disasters based on building footprint changes.
• Plan urban development and service allocation based on the location of schools, hospitals, and residential buildings.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and updated as of 2026-05-14.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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 18:38:48.779897

Geography

Maldives