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Description
OpenStreetMap data for Slovenia includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and other water bodies. The dataset is an export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-15. It is useful for flood-risk modelling, watershed analysis, and environmental basemap context.
Use Cases
Flood-risk modelling based on the spatial distribution of water features.
Watershed analysis using the network of rivers and streams.
Creating environmental basemaps for regional planning using water body polygons.
Strengths
Covers multiple water feature types including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 11:04:31.664388
Geography
Slovenia
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.