Building Footprints Across Samoa from OpenStreetMap

Building footprints across Samoa exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, ranging from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for natural disasters using building location data.
• Urban planning analysis based on the distribution of residential and public buildings.
• Infrastructure mapping for services like schools and hospitals.

Strengths

• Data includes a wide range of building types, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).
• Last updated on 2026-05-15, suggesting recent data.

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 2026-05-15 09:33:26.276608

Geography

Samoa