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Description
OpenStreetMap data for settlements and residential areas across Brazil, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas, last updated in May 2026. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more comprehensively mapped than remote locations.
Use Cases
Demographic analysis based on the distribution of named settlements and residential areas.
Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects using the `place=*` and `landuse=residential` tags.
Population density mapping by analyzing the concentration of residential land use features.
Geographic context provision for other datasets by joining on location names or geometries.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
Covers multiple settlement types including cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
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-contributed mapping, exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-12 11:23:00.246225
Geography
Brazil
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.