Poland Waterways and Water Bodies from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export for Poland, last updated on 2026-03-03, containing all features tagged as waterways, water bodies, or related natural features like wetlands and bays. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and includes attributes such as name, waterway type, width, depth, and tunnel status. It is available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, SHP, and GeoPackage.

Use Cases

• Mapping river networks and water bodies based on the 'waterway' and 'natural' tags.
• Assessing water feature dimensions for infrastructure planning based on the 'width' and 'depth' attributes.
• Identifying navigational or blockage hazards based on the 'blockage' and 'tunnel' attributes.
• Analyzing bilingual place names for localization projects based on the 'name:en' and 'name:pl' fields.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a global collaborative mapping project.
• Includes multiple specific attributes for water features, such as width, depth, and tunnel status.
• Available in several standard geospatial formats: GeoJSON, SHP, GeoPackage, and KML.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap's crowdsourced nature.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tags for waterways and water bodies.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 2026-03-03; temporal coverage of individual features is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:10:32.178293; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Poland