Northern Mariana Islands Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across the Northern Mariana Islands region. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this dataset, which includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The data was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and type.
• Assess potential damage from natural disasters based on building locations and types.
• Plan urban infrastructure and services based on the spatial distribution of buildings.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes a wide range of building types, from residential homes to hospitals and schools.
• 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 platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:22:22.546438; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Mariana Islands