Seychelles Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across the Seychelles region, including every feature tagged as a building. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint data.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development analysis.
• Mapping the distribution of specific building types like hospitals, schools, and places of worship.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Data is provided under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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 10:38:27.452316; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Seychelles