Building Footprints Across the Solomon Islands from OpenStreetMap

Building footprints across the Solomon Islands 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 last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Includes a variety of building types, from residential homes to hospitals and schools.
• Covers the entire Solomon Islands region.
• Data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project.

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.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping and export via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:44:55.202502; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Solomon Islands