Zambia Building Footprints from OpenStreetMap

Zambia building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes through hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and distribution.
• Damage assessment for disaster response using building footprint locations.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development analysis based on building types.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of building types, from residential to institutional.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:19:30.841574; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zambia