Faroe Islands Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for settlements and residential areas in the Faroe Islands, last updated on 2026-05-15. It includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset is useful for providing demographic context and settlement-level geographic analysis.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on settlement locations.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for services or analysis using named places.
• Analyze population distribution patterns based on residential land use areas.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, and GEOJSON.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-05-15 10:10:50.658347.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:10:50.658347; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Faroe Islands