Cultural Places in Benin from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Benin include museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The data is sourced from volunteer contributions to OpenStreetMap and was last updated on 2026-05-14. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) under the ODbL-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection planning based on the `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on features tagged with `tourism`.
• Create cultural asset inventories for urban planning based on locations of museums, galleries, and theatres.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project and provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:32:18.030121; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Benin