Building Footprints Across the Marshall Islands from OpenStreetMap

Marshall Islands building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes every feature tagged as a building, ranging from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this data, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and types.
• Assess potential damage from natural disasters using building location data.
• Plan urban development and infrastructure based on existing building footprints.
• Map community resources like hospitals and schools for accessibility analysis.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, covering a wide range of types.
• Provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), a recognized organization in open mapping.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are likely well-mapped while 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 18:41:40.528770.

Geography

Marshall Islands