Waterways of Martinique from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis

Martinique's water features, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds, are mapped from OpenStreetMap. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-14. It is useful for flood-risk modelling, watershed analysis, and providing environmental basemap context.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modeling based on mapped rivers, streams, and water bodies.
• Watershed analysis based on the network of waterways.
• Creating environmental basemaps based on lakes, ponds, and canals.
• Cross-checking local field knowledge based on the volunteer-mapped water features.

Strengths

• Covers multiple water feature types including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:45:43.724518; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Martinique