Vietnam Building Footprints and Structural Attributes (OSM Export)

This geospatial dataset provides building footprints and structural attributes for Vietnam, exported from OpenStreetMap by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). Updated in March 2026, the collection includes all features tagged as buildings with associated metadata for urban planning and humanitarian response.

Use Cases

• Urban density modeling using 'building:levels' to estimate floor area
• Logistics and routing using 'addr:street' and 'addr:housenumber' for location identification
• Infrastructure vulnerability assessment based on 'building:materials' data

Strengths

• Available in four standard geospatial formats: SHP, GEOJSON, GEOPACKAGE, and KML
• Includes multilingual name tags for Vietnamese ('name:vi') and English ('name:en')
• Contains specific structural metadata including 'building:materials' and 'building:levels'

Limitations

• Crowdsourced nature leads to potential inconsistencies in attribute tagging across different provinces
• Completeness is dependent on volunteer mapping activity in specific geographic zones

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Crowdsourced geospatial data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) pipeline

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Vietnam