Cook Islands Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for the Cook Islands, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). The dataset includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas, derived from OSM tags for place and landuse. It was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements and residential areas.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects using the place and landuse features.
• Conduct population distribution analysis by mapping residential land areas.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Derived from a well-known, collaborative mapping source (OpenStreetMap).
• Includes both named places and residential land-use areas for context.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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 data, exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:42:40.398298; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cook Islands