Guam Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap settlements and residential areas for Guam, including named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for aid or services using residential landuse data.
• Analyze population distribution patterns from the collection of place and landuse features.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project.
• Includes multiple geographic file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 15:54:06.154930

Geography

Guam