Barbados Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide water features across Barbados, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and other water bodies. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-14. It is useful for flood-risk modelling, watershed analysis, and providing environmental basemap context.

Use Cases

• Model flood risk based on the spatial distribution of waterways and water bodies.
• Conduct watershed analysis using the network of rivers and streams.
• Create environmental basemaps for planning or research using the water feature context.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-05-14 01:30:28.308775.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:30:28.308775; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Barbados