Building Footprints Across Mauritania from OpenStreetMap

Mauritania building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap. The data 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

• Estimate population density based on building footprints.
• Assess disaster damage by comparing pre- and post-event building data.
• Plan urban development and infrastructure based on building locations and types.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers a wide range of building types, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats, including 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 project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:39:58.588414

Geography

Mauritania