Building Footprints Across Namibia from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Namibia, including every feature tagged as a building. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more thoroughly mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment following disasters using building footprint baselines.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development analysis using the spatial distribution of buildings.
• Cross-referencing local field knowledge with crowd-sourced mapping data.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, from residential to institutional structures.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and updated as of 2026-05-14.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring inspection after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and contributor bias inherent to the OpenStreetMap volunteer model.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:10:03.835884

Geography

Namibia