Cayman Islands Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk Modelling
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6filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
The Cayman Islands region contains water features exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and other water bodies tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-14.
Use Cases
Flood-risk modelling based on mapped waterway and water body features.
Watershed analysis using the network of rivers, streams, and canals.
Creating environmental basemap context for regional planning based on the water features.
Strengths
Covers multiple water feature types including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Sourced 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-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 11:59:11.493803; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Cayman Islands
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.