Sweden Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Sweden, including features tagged as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment following natural disasters based on building location and footprint.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development based on the spatial distribution of buildings.
• Land use analysis based on the presence of different building types like schools and hospitals.

Strengths

• Includes every OpenStreetMap feature tagged as a building (`building=*`).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Covers a wide variety of building types from residential homes to hospitals and schools.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas likely being less complete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:19:05.772863; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sweden