Kenya, Springs from OpenStreetMap

Springs in Kenya extracted from OpenStreetMap (October 2024) and normalized following UNESCO's template for groundwater data collection.

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Resource type Spatial data set
Date of creation 2024-10-30
Date of last revision 2024-10-30
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Metadata identifier kenya-springs-osm
Metadata language English
Themes (DCAT-AP)
High-value dataset category Geospatial
ISO 19115 topic category inlandWaters
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"{\"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [[[33.909, -4.679], [41.906, -4.679], [41.906, 5.506], [33.909, 5.506], [33.909, -4.679]]]}"
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Using the QuickOSM plugin in QGIS, all springs tagged as "natural=spring" within Kenya were downloaded. The feature was then exported as a CSV file and normalized using UNESCO's template for groundwater data collection.
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Source dataset https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=7/0.901/38.485
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Purpose Created as part of the groundwater data repository for the Groundwater Access Facility Initiative (UNDP, UNESCO).
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Version 1.0
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Responsible Party
Name of the dataset creator Eleftherios Kaltsas
Name of the dataset maintainer Eleftherios Kaltsas
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Email of the dataset creator e.kaltsas@unesco.org
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Email of the dataset maintainer e.kaltsas@unesco.org
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