Populated Places and Settlements in Montserrat from OpenStreetMap
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Description
An OpenStreetMap export of settlements and residential areas in Montserrat, last updated on 2026-05-14. The dataset includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, sourced from the collaborative mapping project. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is available in multiple geospatial file formats.
Use Cases
Demographic context analysis based on the distribution of named settlements.
Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on residential landuse data.
Population analysis using the spatial distribution of populated places.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Last updated on 2026-05-14.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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 data.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 20:43:42.650631.
Geography
Montserrat
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge as completeness varies.