Waterways of the Federated States of Micronesia from OpenStreetMap

Federated States of Micronesia water features exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and other water bodies tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modelling based on the mapped network of rivers and streams.
• Watershed analysis based on the distribution of lakes, ponds, and water bodies.
• Creating environmental basemaps for regional planning based on the waterway features.

Strengths

• Includes multiple water feature types (rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Explicitly tagged with relevant OpenStreetMap keys (`waterway`, `water`, `natural=water`).

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-collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:10:42.919906

Geography

Federated States of Micronesia