Philippines Waterways and Water Bodies from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for the Philippines include all features tagged as waterways, water bodies, or wetlands. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-05. Features likely contain attributes such as name, width, depth, and type.

Use Cases

• Map river networks and drainage basins based on the 'waterway' attribute.
• Analyze the distribution of wetlands and bays based on the 'natural' attribute.
• Assess infrastructure features like covered waterways or tunnels based on the 'covered' and 'tunnel' attributes.
• Create bilingual maps using the 'name:en' and 'name:fil' (Filipino) name attributes.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (KML, GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE) for interoperability.
• The dataset is licensed under ODbL-1.0, a well-known open data license.
• Attributes listed suggest detailed feature properties like width, depth, and layer.

Limitations

• Row count and total size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-05-05 21:41:12.490734; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 21:41:12.490734.

Geography

Philippines