Populated Places in Israel from OpenStreetMap

Settlements and residential areas from OpenStreetMap, including named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land. The data is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Demographic context mapping based on settlement locations.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on residential land use.
• Population distribution analysis based on the density and type of populated places.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geographic data formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Derived from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project, a widely-used global map source.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:05:16.457751

Geography

Israel