Populated Places and Residential Areas in Jersey from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features for the island of Jersey matching tags for populated places (city, town, village, hamlet, isolated_dwelling) and residential land use. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on March 3, 2026. Features likely contain attributes such as name, place type, population, and location.

Use Cases

• Mapping settlement hierarchy based on the 'place' attribute (city, town, village, hamlet, isolated_dwelling).
• Analyzing residential land use patterns based on the 'landuse' attribute.
• Joining population estimates to geographic points based on the 'population' attribute.
• Geocoding and location analysis using the 'name' and 'is_in' attributes.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative, open-source mapping project.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML) for interoperability.
• Last updated on 2026-03-03, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tags.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 10:30:18.449011; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jersey