How to Download Building Footprints from Open Street Maps (OSM)

Many times we want to download the building footprints from one area. One of the options is the layer from Open Street Maps. Even thought not all areas are covered/has many building footprints, but it can be one of the way to collect data from openly sourced data.

Here are the steps:

1. Open OSM website

Check out this OSM website.

Homepage of OpenStreetMaps