Building Footprints Across New Caledonia from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across the region of New Caledonia. The dataset includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes through hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for natural disasters using building footprint locations.
• Urban planning analysis based on the spatial distribution of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings.

Strengths

• Covers all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building across the entire region.
• Includes diverse building types such as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• 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 collaborative project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:15:03.988119

Geography

New Caledonia