Timor-Leste Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap
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Description
Settlements and residential areas from OpenStreetMap, including named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.
Use Cases
Demographic analysis based on settlement locations and types.
Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on residential land use.
Population distribution modeling based on populated place data.
Strengths
Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
Includes multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
Covers specific features: named populated places (`place=*`) and residential land (`landuse=residential`).
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete and cross-checking with local knowledge is advised.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-collaborative mapping, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 10:22:37.575241; freshness should be verified.