Kiribati Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis
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5filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
OpenStreetMap exports provide water features across Kiribati, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains 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 spatial distribution of rivers, streams, and water bodies.
Watershed analysis using the network of waterways and natural water features.
Creating environmental basemaps for contextual analysis using lakes, ponds, and canals.
Strengths
Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.
Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
Explicitly includes features tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water` OSM keys.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; 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 16:59:53.690007; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Kiribati
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge due to potential mapping gaps.