New Zealand Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across New Zealand, including features tagged as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being well-mapped while remote areas may be incomplete.

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 distribution of residential and public buildings.

Strengths

• Covers a wide range of building types, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially being incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:20:40.716773; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New Zealand