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UID 116
Name Settlements - Building Footprint
Description The requirement represents roofed constructions which can be used separately, have been built for permanent purposes, can be entered by persons and are suitable or intended for protecting persons, animals or objects. Buildings are subdivided into residential and non-residential buildings. Residential buildings are constructions at least half of which is used for residential purposes. If less than half of the overall useful floor area is used for residential purposes, the building is classified under non-residential buildings in accordance with its purpose-oriented design. Non-residential buildings are constructions which are mainly used or intended for non-residential purposes. If at least half of the overall useful floor area is used for residential purposes, the building is classified as a residential building. Coverage requirement: Global. Data type: vector. Geometry type: point/polygon.
Dissemination View and Download Service
Quality Control Procedure N/A
Group Settlements
Status -
Uncertainty
N/A
N/A
N/A
Update Frequency
3 years
1 year
6 months
Timeliness
3 hours
1 hour
< 1 hour
Scale
1:10000
1:5000
1:1000
Horizontal resolution
5 m
2.5 m
0.5 m
Vertical resolution
N/A
N/A
N/A
Essential variables
State Valid
Created on March 15, 2018, 1:10 p.m.
Last updated on Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.

Products

Product UID Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
51 Emergency Delineation Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness March 15, 2018, 1:11 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:35 p.m.
50 Emergency Reference Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness March 15, 2018, 1:12 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:35 p.m.
52 Emergency Grading map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness March 15, 2018, 1:12 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
525 Prevention - Reference Maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:47 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
526 Preparedness - Pre-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:48 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
527 Recovery/Reconstruction - Post-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:48 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
341 First Estimate Product Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness June 28, 2019, 12:18 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
436 P09 - Reconstruction monitoring Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 1:03 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
445 P18 - Human settlements mapping Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 1:03 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
421 P02 - Reference dataset | P02.1b - Reference dataset @1:5000 high level update Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 1:02 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
455 P08 - Detailed damage assessment analysis over affected areas | P08.2 - Detailed damage assessment analyses over affected areas @ 1:10.000 Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 1:02 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
454 P08 - Detailed damage assessment analysis over affected areas | P08.1 - Detailed damage assessment analyses over affected areas @ 1:5000 Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 1:02 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
420 P02 - Reference dataset | P02.1a - Reference dataset @1:5000 low level update Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 1:01 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
447 P20 - Detailed reference dataset for high importance areas Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 1:04 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
442 P15 - Detailed impact assessment/exposure analyses on selected aspect Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 1:03 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
441 P14 - Impact assessment/exposure analysis on assets and population Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 1:03 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.

Data

Data UID Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
32 Wikimapia Partially Dataset completeness is location dependent. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 1, 2018, 12:13 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
638 World Countries Open Data: Buildings Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Jan. 5, 2021, 12:46 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
605 INSPIRE Annex III: Buildings Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Coverage could be not complete. Some datasets are free for emergency purpose (CEMS). If datasets are available offline, a request form must be filled and sent for authorization before being granted data access. Nov. 11, 2020, 5:59 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
45 OpenStreetMap Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillement is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:54 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
743 Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. May 26, 2023, 11:30 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
744 HotOSM Data Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. May 26, 2023, 11:51 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
901 BD TOPO – Topographic Database Partially Coverage may not be complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Nov. 13, 2025, 12:09 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
928 Overture Open Map Data Partially Coverage may not be complete. April 27, 2026, 3:55 p.m. April 27, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
871 Microsoft Building Footprints Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. May 29, 2025, 10:33 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
779 GHS built-up surface Partially Coverage could be not complete.The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. April 27, 2026, 4:47 p.m. April 27, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
959 German Geoportal Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Oct. 26, 2026, 10:40 a.m. Oct. 26, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
954 Official Real Estate Cadastre Information System Partially Coverage could be not complete. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. Oct. 26, 2026, 10:17 a.m. Oct. 26, 2026, 10:17 a.m.
965 Tourism accommodation dataset of Sardinia Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section Oct. 26, 2026, 11:05 a.m. Oct. 26, 2026, 11:05 a.m.