U.S. Virgin Islands Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for settlements and residential areas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, derived from the `place` and `landuse` tags. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map settlement distribution based on named places and residential landuse polygons.
• Provide demographic context for regional planning using the geographic extent of populated areas.
• Conduct population analysis by using the spatial footprint of settlements as a proxy.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly includes features tagged as `place=*` and `landuse=residential` from OpenStreetMap.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped according to the source.
• 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 exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:48:16.736712.

Geography

U.S. Virgin Islands