Peru Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

Peru's building footprint data extracted from OpenStreetMap, where the 'building' tag is present. The dataset likely contains attributes such as building type, levels, materials, and addresses. It was last updated on 2026-05-05 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Mapping urban density based on building locations
• Analyzing building materials for construction studies
• Geocoding addresses using the provided addr:* attributes
• Identifying commercial structures based on the office tag
• Studying multilingual place names based on name:* tags

Strengths

• Includes multilingual name tags (name:es, name:qu, name:ay, name:cni) for linguistic diversity
• Provides multiple geospatial file formats (KML, GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE) for interoperability
• Derived from a global collaborative mapping project (OpenStreetMap)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Community-contributed mapping and export via Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 20:34:51.765483; freshness should be verified

Geography

Peru