Building Footprints Across Saint Kitts and Nevis from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Saint Kitts and Nevis. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes through hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, which was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for natural disasters based on building locations and footprints.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development based on the spatial distribution of buildings.
• Analysis of land use patterns based on the presence of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers a specific geographic region (Saint Kitts and Nevis).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, 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 17:01:34.782567; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Saint Kitts and Nevis