Turks and Caicos Islands Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

Settlements and residential areas from OpenStreetMap for the Turks and Caicos Islands. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Conduct demographic analysis based on settlement locations and types.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects using the place and landuse features.
• Provide geographic context for population distribution studies using the residential area data.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Dataset is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-05-15 11:04:16.516740.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.
• 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 via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

2026-05-15 11:04:16.516740

Geography

Turks and Caicos Islands