Google Open Buildings
Building footprints
Official site consultedMaps
Last verified: 1 October 2026
Open Buildings is a Google Research dataset of 1.8 billion building footprints derived from satellite imagery. It covers Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. It is published under CC BY 4.0 or ODbL 1.0.
Services
- CSV download (polygons and points)
- Google Earth Engine asset
- Web explorer
- Country downloads via Colab notebooks
- Country datasets on HDX
Access requirements
Open data, CC BY 4.0 or ODbL 1.0 at the user's choice.
Sources
- Google Open Buildings (new tab), verified on 1 October 2026Official site consulted