Slovenia Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

Slovenia's building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint data.
• Urban planning analysis based on the spatial distribution of structures.
• Infrastructure mapping leveraging the classification of building types.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Covers a wide range of building types, from residential homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and 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 2026-05-15 09:33:18.754013.

Geography

Slovenia