North Macedonia Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis
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6filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
OpenStreetMap data exports from 2026 provide water features across North Macedonia. The dataset includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and other water bodies tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`. It is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and sourced from volunteer-contributed mapping.
Use Cases
Model flood-risk based on the spatial distribution of waterways and water bodies.
Conduct watershed analysis using the network of rivers and streams.
Create environmental basemaps for regional planning using the water feature context.
Strengths
Data is available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
Last updated on 2026-05-14, indicating recent maintenance.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but 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 compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 18:44:48.150999
Geography
North Macedonia
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.