Vanuatu Building Footprints with Multilingual Attributes

This geospatial dataset contains building footprints and structural attributes for Vanuatu, exported from OpenStreetMap by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). Updated as of March 2026, it provides vector data for all features tagged with building information across the archipelago. The data is available in multiple formats including SHP, GeoJSON, and KML.

Use Cases

• Urban planning and density analysis using building:levels and building type tags
• Disaster risk assessment based on construction types found in the building:materials column
• Navigation and logistics support using addr:street and addr:city for geocoding

Strengths

• Multilingual support with specific columns for name:en, name:fr, and name:bis
• Available in four standard geospatial formats: SHP, GEOJSON, GEOPACKAGE, and KML
• Includes structural metadata such as building:materials and building:levels for mapped features

Limitations

• Volunteer-contributed data leads to inconsistent attribute completeness across different regions
• Potential for temporal lag between physical construction and OpenStreetMap updates

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap contributors via Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Crowdsourced geospatial digitization and ground-level tagging

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026

Geography

Vanuatu