Tuvalu Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide building footprints across Tuvalu. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment for natural disasters using building footprint data.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development based on the location of schools, hospitals, and residential areas.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of building types, from homes to hospitals and schools.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap (OSM)

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:11:07.489416; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tuvalu