Building Footprints of Somalia from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap building footprints across Somalia, tagged for residential, commercial, and public uses. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team maintains this data, last updated on 2026-06-22.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for buildings following natural disasters or conflicts.
• Urban planning analysis based on the spatial distribution of residential and public buildings.
• Infrastructure mapping for facilities like hospitals, schools, and places of worship.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Features are tagged with the `building=*` key, indicating building types.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Last updated on 2026-06-22, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.
• 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 geographic information (VGI) collection via collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 18:50:24.777732

Geography

Somalia