Netherlands Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Modeling

Netherlands : Waterways (OpenStreetMap Export) is a geospatial dataset of water features across the Netherlands, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds. The data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project and exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Model flood-risk based on the distribution of rivers, streams, and canals.
• Conduct watershed analysis using the network of water bodies and waterways.
• Create environmental basemaps for planning using the water feature geometry.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• The dataset is derived from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used open-source mapping project.
• It covers a specific, well-defined geography: the Netherlands.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping, exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:45:03.696624.

Geography

Netherlands