Senegal Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Senegal, including every feature tagged as a building. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more well-mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building location data.
• Urban planning analysis based on the spatial distribution of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of building types, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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 23:36:25.223480; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Senegal