Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha : Populated Places (OpenStreetMap Export)

An OpenStreetMap export of settlements and residential areas for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, contributed by volunteers. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Create settlement-level demographic maps based on named places and residential land use.
• Analyze population distribution patterns using the categorized place data.
• Target humanitarian or development interventions based on identified residential areas.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.
• Includes both named places (`place=*`) and residential land use (`landuse=residential`) for context.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free and collaborative global mapping project.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org)

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed geographic data, exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:43:33.301959; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha