Dominica Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Dominica includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote ones.

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` tags.
• Analyze population distribution patterns from the residential land use data.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global 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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:47:59.582865; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dominica