Haiti Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk Modelling

OpenStreetMap exports provide water features across Haiti, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modelling based on the mapped network of rivers, streams, and canals.
• Watershed analysis based on the spatial distribution of lakes, ponds, and water bodies.
• Creating environmental basemap context for Haiti based on the comprehensive set of waterway features.

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Includes multiple water feature types tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:10:14.077325; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Haiti