Monaco Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide water features including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds across Monaco. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modelling based on the spatial distribution of rivers, streams, and water bodies.
• Watershed analysis using the network of waterways and canals.
• Creating environmental context basemaps for regional planning based on lakes and ponds.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Includes features tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water` for comprehensive water mapping.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.
• 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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 18:14:16.831377

Geography

Monaco