Cayman Islands Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

Settlements and residential areas from OpenStreetMap, covering the Cayman Islands. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for resource allocation using residential land areas.
• Conduct population analysis using the distribution of populated places.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

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-built, collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:59:34.678486; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cayman Islands