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Description
OpenStreetMap data for cultural and historic places in Bhutan, exported on 2026-05-14. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys. It was compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM tourism and historic tags.
Analyze the distribution of amenities like museums and galleries for tourism planning.
Create a baseline inventory of places of worship and monuments for cultural mapping.
Strengths
Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
The dataset is licensed under ODbL-1.0, allowing for sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
OpenStreetMap completeness varies by region; remote areas of Bhutan may be incompletely mapped.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 01:36:27.604013; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Bhutan
Users must comply with the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0), which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.