Colombian Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Colombian settlements and residential land, including cities, towns, villages, and suburbs. The dataset is derived from a free, collaborative world map and is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.

Use Cases

• Conduct demographic and population analysis based on settlement locations.
• Support settlement-level targeting for planning or interventions using place and landuse features.
• Provide geographic context for models or applications requiring a map of Colombian residential areas.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a major collaborative mapping project.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON).
• License is ODbL-1.0, a recognized open data license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Coverage is uneven, with remote areas likely sparse due to reliance on volunteer mapper activity.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping (collaborative world map).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 10:14:01.880448

Geography

Colombia