Tuvalu Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap

Tuvalu settlements and residential areas exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, tagged with `place=*` and `landuse=residential`. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map demographic context based on settlement and residential area locations.
• Target interventions at the settlement level based on populated place data.
• Analyze population distribution based on the residential landuse classification.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, and JSON.
• Covers specific OSM tags: `place=*` and `landuse=residential`.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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 via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:06:59.784764; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tuvalu