Mali Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap building footprints across Mali include every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The data is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Estimate population density based on building footprint distribution.
• Assess damage to infrastructure after a disaster based on building locations.
• Plan urban development and service allocation based on building types.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building, suggesting broad coverage of building types.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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 project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 18:50:03.546936

Geography

Mali