Bahamas Cultural and Historic Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in the Bahamas. 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 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map cultural assets for heritage protection based on the described historic and heritage site tags.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on the described tourism and amenity tags.
• Create cultural resource inventories for urban planning based on the described museum, gallery, and theatre locations.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:08:24.067744; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bahamas