North Korea Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

Building footprints across North Korea exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes through hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was contributed by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Estimate population density based on building footprints.
• Assess damage after natural disasters based on building locations and types.
• Analyze urban development patterns based on building distribution.
• Plan humanitarian aid delivery based on the location of key facilities like hospitals and schools.

Strengths

• Includes multiple building types, from residential to institutional.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

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.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:48:45.242895; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Korea