Sweden Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide water features across Sweden, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-15. Data completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Model flood-risk based on the distribution of water bodies and waterways.
• Conduct watershed analysis using the network of rivers, streams, and canals.
• Create environmental basemap context for regional planning using lakes and ponds.

Strengths

• Includes multiple water feature types tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-15.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially being incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:11:01.005008.

Geography

Sweden