Anguilla Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis

OpenStreetMap water features for Anguilla, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data under the ODbL license, with a last recorded update in May 2026. Completeness varies, with urban areas likely better mapped than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modeling based on the spatial distribution of rivers and streams.
• Watershed analysis based on the network of canals and water bodies.
• Creating environmental basemaps based on lakes and ponds tagged as natural features.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly includes features tagged with the OpenStreetMap keys `waterway`, `water`, and `natural=water`.
• Last updated date is recorded as 2026-05-10 00:59:36.205584.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping from the OpenStreetMap project.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026 -05-10 00:59:36.205584

Geography

Anguilla