Building Footprints Across Mozambique from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap-derived building footprints tagged across Mozambique, including residential, hospital, school, and religious structures. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse. The data is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint locations.
• Urban planning analysis based on the distribution of residential and public service buildings.
• Cross-checking critical infrastructure decisions with local field knowledge.

Strengths

• Includes diverse building types such as homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer mapping contributions aggregated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 15:39:58.904935; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mozambique