Health Facilities in Antarctica from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for health facilities across Antarctica, including hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team provides this export, last updated on 2026-05-10. Completeness of mapping varies by region, with remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service access based on facility types and locations.
• Plan emergency response logistics based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Identify potential healthcare gaps by analyzing the spatial coverage of amenities like pharmacies and doctors.

Strengths

• Covers multiple facility types including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-10, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, which limits suitability assessment.
• Mapping completeness varies, with remote areas of Antarctica likely to be less complete than urban areas.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed geographic data tagged with `amenity` or `healthcare` keys.

Freshness

2026-05-10 15:09:26.603652

Geography

Antarctica