Turkey Building Footprints and Structural Attributes from OpenStreetMap

Building footprints and structural attributes for Turkey exported from OpenStreetMap by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) as of March 2026. The data includes all features where the building tag is present, covering residential, commercial, and industrial structures.

Use Cases

• Estimating urban population density using the 'building:levels' attribute
• Geocoding and address validation using 'addr:housenumber' and 'addr:street' fields
• Analyzing construction trends and vulnerability using the 'building:materials' column

Strengths

• Available in four geospatial formats: SHP, GEOJSON, GEOPACKAGE, and KML
• Includes localized naming via 'name:tr' and 'name:en' fields
• Provides specific structural metadata such as 'building:materials'

Limitations

• Volunteer-driven data collection leads to inconsistent attribute population across different regions
• Potential for temporal lag between physical construction and map updates

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Crowdsourced geospatial mapping

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Turkey