Chilean Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap provides a free, collaborative map of settlements and residential land across Chile. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and areas tagged with `place=*` and `landuse=residential`. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on settlement locations and types.
• Settlement-level targeting for projects or services based on populated place data.
• Population distribution analysis based on residential land use areas.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used, free, and collaborative mapping project.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:24:54.504209; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chile