Building Footprints for Serbia from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports of building footprints across Serbia, including every feature tagged as a building. The data is contributed by volunteers and curated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, with a last recorded update in May 2026. It includes structures ranging from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint data.
• Urban planning and infrastructure analysis based on building locations and classifications.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of building types, from residential to institutional, as described.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).
• Last updated in May 2026, suggesting recent maintenance.

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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15.

Geography

Serbia