Education Facilities of Belarus from OpenStreetMap

Belarus education facilities including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities, tagged via OpenStreetMap's `amenity` or `building` keys. The data is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-06-26. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas typically well-represented.

Use Cases

• Map school access based on facility locations.
• Plan education resource allocation based on the distribution of schools and kindergartens.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of colleges and universities for regional planning.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly tagged for education facilities via the `amenity` or `building` keys.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas well-represented and remote areas likely sparse.
• 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 mapping via the OpenStreetMap collaborative platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 03:22:13.776386; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Belarus