Romanian Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap for Urban Analysis

An export of building footprints across Romania from OpenStreetMap, containing every feature tagged as a building. The data includes structures ranging from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and type.
• Assess building damage after natural disasters using footprint data.
• Plan urban infrastructure and services using the spatial distribution of buildings.
• Analyze land use patterns by categorizing building types like residential, commercial, or institutional.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers a wide range of building types, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14 23:23:41.148105.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are likely well-mapped while 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 23:23:41.148105.

Geography

Romania