Building Footprints Across Palestine from OpenStreetMap

Palestine's building footprints are mapped from OpenStreetMap, tagged for residential, commercial, and institutional uses. The data is contributed by volunteer mappers and maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, with a last recorded update in June 2026. Coverage likely varies, with urban areas typically more complete than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Estimate population distribution based on building density and type.
• Assess structural damage after a disaster by comparing pre- and post-event building footprints.
• Plan urban infrastructure and services based on the location of schools, hospitals, and places of worship.
• Analyze urban growth patterns by mapping the distribution of residential and commercial buildings.

Strengths

• Includes diverse building types such as homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, reflecting volunteer mapper activity, with remote areas likely sparse.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 17:24:39.666119; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Palestine, State of