Turkmenistan Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Turkmenistan, including residential, commercial, and institutional structures. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely more comprehensively mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Estimate population density based on building distribution.
• Assess building damage after a disaster based on footprint data.
• Plan urban infrastructure and services based on building locations and types.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of building types, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas likely being incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:21:31.999176; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Turkmenistan