Building Footprints and Attributes for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

OpenStreetMap data for all mapped buildings in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The dataset includes attributes such as building type, name, address, and construction materials, and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It was last updated on March 3, 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping building density and distribution based on the building geometry and location.
• Classifying building types and uses based on the building and office attributes.
• Analyzing construction characteristics based on the building:levels and building:materials tags.
• Geocoding and address validation based on the addr:full, addr:housenumber, and addr:street fields.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML).
• Attributes are defined by the OpenStreetMap tagging schema, a widely used standard.
• Dataset is openly licensed under ODbL-1.0.

Limitations

• Row count and total size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the OSM wiki links.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of OpenStreetMap features where the 'building' tag is not null.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:52:34.111390; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands