Building Footprints of Yemen from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap-derived building footprints across Yemen, tagged for residential, commercial, and institutional uses. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this dataset, which was last updated on 2026-06-24. Coverage reflects volunteer mapping activity, with urban areas typically well-represented.

Use Cases

• Estimate population density based on building footprints and types.
• Assess building damage after a disaster based on changes to footprint data.
• Plan urban infrastructure and services based on the distribution of buildings.
• Analyze land use patterns based on the concentration of residential and non-residential structures.

Strengths

• Includes multiple building types (e.g., homes, hospitals, schools, places of worship).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with remote areas likely sparse.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer mapping and data extraction.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 09:28:35.891946

Geography

Yemen