Greenland Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas for Greenland. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically more detailed than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Map settlement distribution based on named places and residential land use tags.
• Provide demographic context for regional analysis using the `place` and `landuse` feature types.
• Support settlement-level targeting for logistics or aid delivery using the categorized populated places.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.
• Includes both named settlements (`place=*`) and residential land areas (`landuse=residential`).

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 15:00:11.426905.

Geography

Greenland