Peru Waterways and Water Bodies from OpenStreetMap
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Description
OpenStreetMap features in Peru tagged as waterways, water bodies, wetlands, or bays. The dataset is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-05. Features likely contain attributes such as name, waterway type, width, depth, and multilingual names.
Use Cases
Mapping river networks and water bodies based on waterway and natural tags.
Analyzing water feature dimensions and characteristics based on width and depth attributes.
Supporting multilingual mapping applications based on name tags in English, Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara.
Assessing infrastructure features like tunnels and covered waterways based on tunnel and covered tags.
Strengths
Data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project, which provides a global base map.
Attributes include multilingual names (English, Spanish, Quechua, Aymara) relevant for local context.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, GARMIN IMG, SHP, GEOJSON) for interoperability.
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Collection Method
Community mapping and contributions to OpenStreetMap.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-05 19:51:59.634351; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Peru.
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike conditions.