French Southern and Antarctic Territories Waterways (OpenStreetMap Export)
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13filesSHP
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Description
OpenStreetMap exports for the French Southern and Antarctic Territories include all features tagged as waterways, water bodies, or wetlands. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team maintains this data, which was last updated on March 3, 2026. Features may have attributes like name, width, depth, and type.
Use Cases
Mapping river and stream networks based on the 'waterway' attribute.
Analyzing the distribution of lakes, bays, and wetlands based on the 'natural' and 'water' tags.
Assessing physical characteristics of waterways using the 'width' and 'depth' attributes.
Creating multi-language maps using the 'name', 'name:en', and 'name:fr' fields.
Strengths
Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a globally recognized collaborative mapping project.
Includes multiple geometric attributes like 'width' and 'depth' for some features.
Available in five common geospatial file formats: GARMIN IMG, GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, SHP, and KML.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
Source
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Collection Method
Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tags for waterways and water bodies.
Time Range
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Freshness
Last updated 2026-03 09:10:25.663660; freshness should be verified.
Geography
French Southern and Antarctic Territories
Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0), which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.