Latvian Settlements and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap provides a free, collaborative map of Latvia's populated places. The dataset includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas, sourced from volunteer contributions. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on settlement types and residential land areas.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects using named places.
• Population distribution studies based on the geographic spread of populated places.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats, including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping project.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies 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 data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 18:10:43.676290; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Latvia