Fiji Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Fiji contain settlements and residential areas, including named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land. The data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project and exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Demographic context mapping based on named settlements.
• Settlement-level targeting for aid distribution based on residential land areas.
• Population analysis based on the distribution of populated places.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geographic data formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Covers a specific geographic region: Fiji.
• Sourced from a well-known, open collaborative mapping project: OpenStreetMap.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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 via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:04:38.732008.

Geography

Fiji