Barbados Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap
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6filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
OpenStreetMap data for Barbados includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The dataset is an export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.
Use Cases
Create demographic context maps based on named settlements and residential land areas.
Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects using the `place=*` and `landuse=residential` tags.
Analyze population distribution patterns from the spatial arrangement of populated places.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
Includes multiple export formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, and JSON.
Dataset is licensed under ODbL-1.0, a recognized open data license.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-built, collaborative mapping.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 01:31:08.754662; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Barbados
Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge as advised in the description.