Netherlands Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports of settlements and residential areas in the Netherlands, provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Map settlement distribution based on named cities and towns.
• Analyze residential land use patterns based on the `landuse=residential` tag.
• Provide geographic context for demographic or population analysis.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple common geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, and JSON.
• Explicitly includes features tagged with `place=*` and `landuse=residential`.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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 exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:46:51.297421

Geography

Netherlands