Building Footprints Across Mongolia from OpenStreetMap

Mongolia's building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap, including features tagged as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and types.
• Damage assessment for natural disasters using building footprint data.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development analysis.

Strengths

• Includes a variety of building types, from residential to institutional, as described.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative mapping project.

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 data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 19:04:44.726140

Geography

Mongolia