Austrian Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Austria provides settlements and residential areas, including named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land. The dataset is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on settlement and residential area locations.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or commercial projects based on populated place data.
• Population distribution analysis based on the density and type of populated places.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Last updated on 2026-05-14 00:01:32.030998.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:01:32.030998.

Geography

Austria