Building Footprints of Niger from OpenStreetMap for Urban Planning

OpenStreetMap building footprints across Niger, tagged for residential, commercial, and institutional uses. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this data, last updated on 2026-06-19. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas typically well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response based on building locations.
• Urban planning and development analysis based on building distribution.
• Cross-checking field knowledge with mapped infrastructure for critical decisions.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON, and HTML.
• Features are tagged with specific building types (e.g., residential, hospital, school, place of worship).

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas well-represented and remote areas likely sparse.
• 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 mapping contributions aggregated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 15:52:57.921200; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Niger