Sri Lanka Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap for Urban Planning

OpenStreetMap building footprints across Sri Lanka include every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes through hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The data is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for disaster response based on building locations.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development based on building distribution.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building.
• Covers a wide range of building types, from homes to hospitals.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14.

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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:40:45.721741; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sri Lanka