Building Footprints Across Niger from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Niger, including features tagged as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14. Data completeness varies, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment following disasters based on building footprint changes.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development based on building locations and types.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of building types, from residential to institutional.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).
• Last updated on 2026-05-14, suggesting recent maintenance.

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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:19:43.690516

Geography

Niger