Education Facilities in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data on education facilities, including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It is useful for mapping school access, planning education resources, and analyzing facility distribution.

Use Cases

• Map school access and catchment areas based on facility locations.
• Plan education resource allocation based on the distribution of schools and universities.
• Analyze the spatial density of educational amenities like kindergartens and colleges.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
• Covers multiple facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.

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 data exported via tags for `amenity` or `building`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:33:12.962971; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Caribbean Islands)