South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Waterways from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands include all features tagged as waterways, water bodies, or natural water features. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this data, which was last updated on 2026-03-03. Features may have attributes such as name, waterway type, width, depth, and tunnel or blockage status.

Use Cases

• Mapping river and stream networks based on the 'waterway' attribute.
• Identifying and classifying water bodies and wetlands based on the 'natural' and 'water' tags.
• Assessing potential infrastructure or navigation obstructions based on the 'blockage' and 'tunnel' attributes.
• Estimating hydrological feature dimensions for modeling based on the 'width' and 'depth' attributes.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML) for flexibility.
• The dataset is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative, open-source mapping project.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-03-03 09:10:47.526797.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from OpenStreetMap wiki links after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and 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

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:10:47.526797; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands