Pitcairn Islands Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap

Pitcairn Islands data includes OpenStreetMap features for populated places and residential land use. The dataset, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, contains features tagged as cities, towns, villages, hamlets, isolated dwellings, or residential areas. It was last updated on March 3, 2026, and is available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Mapping settlement distribution based on the 'place' and 'landuse' tags.
• Analyzing population patterns using the 'population' attribute where available.
• Identifying residential areas for planning purposes based on the 'landuse' tag.
• Validating and enriching geographic names using the 'name' and 'name:en' attributes.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple standard geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML.
• Features are defined by specific OpenStreetMap tags for populated places and residential land use.
• Dataset is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, a recognized authority in open mapping.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update date is March 3, 2026.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of OpenStreetMap features matching specific tags.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 10:37:45.848517.

Geography

Pitcairn Islands