Irish Waterways Including Rivers and Lakes from OpenStreetMap

A 2026 export of water features across Ireland from OpenStreetMap. It includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and other water bodies. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides the data, which is useful for environmental and geospatial analysis.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modelling based on the spatial distribution of rivers and streams.
• Watershed analysis using the network of waterways and water bodies.
• Creating an environmental basemap context with lakes, ponds, and canals.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Covers a defined geographic region (Ireland).
• Last updated on 2026-05-14, suggesting recent data.

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-collaborative mapping export.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:28:22.820805

Geography

Ireland