Philippines Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team include features matching place or residential landuse tags. The dataset likely contains populated locations across the Philippines with attributes such as name, population, and administrative hierarchy. It was last updated on 2026-05-05.

Use Cases

• Map populated settlements based on the 'place' attribute.
• Analyze residential land use distribution based on the 'landuse' attribute.
• Estimate local population counts based on the 'population' attribute.
• Identify administrative hierarchies based on the 'is_in' attribute.
• Cross-reference place names in Filipino and English based on the 'name:fil' and 'name:en' attributes.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geographic file formats (KML, GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE).
• Attributes are defined by the OpenStreetMap tagging schema.
• Data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project.

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

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 21:38:36.704289; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Philippines