Cultural and Historic Places in American Samoa from OpenStreetMap

American Samoa cultural and historic places exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-13 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is licensed under ODbL-1.0.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection planning based on the `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on `tourism` and `amenity` tagged locations.
• Create cultural context layers for regional studies based on the described places of worship and monuments.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, and JSON.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping and export via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 23:49:26.689594; freshness should be verified.

Geography

American Samoa