Macao Waterways and Water Bodies from OpenStreetMap

Macao, China's waterways and water bodies are mapped in this dataset, which includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged as waterway, water, or natural water features. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) created this export, which was last updated on 2026-03-03. Features may have attributes such as name, width, depth, and type.

Use Cases

• Map and analyze river and canal networks based on the 'waterway' attribute.
• Identify and classify water bodies like bays and wetlands based on the 'natural' attribute.
• Assess physical characteristics of waterways for modeling based on attributes like 'width' and 'depth'.
• Study multilingual place names for features based on 'name:en', 'name:zh', and 'name:pt' tags.

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a widely used collaborative mapping project.
• Includes multiple potential attributes per feature, such as name, type, and physical dimensions.
• Available in several common geospatial file formats including GeoPackage, GeoJSON, and SHP.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-03-03 09:29:48.312385; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tags.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:29:48.312385.

Geography

Macao Special Administrative Region, China