Icelandic Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

Populated places and residential areas in Iceland exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land use polygons. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Demographic context mapping based on settlement names and types.
• Settlement-level targeting for services or research based on residential land use.
• Population distribution analysis based on the density and classification of populated places.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Covers a defined geographic scope: Iceland.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness may vary by region, with remote areas potentially being incomplete.
• 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 19:59:30.379380

Geography

Iceland