Education Facilities in Botswana from OpenStreetMap

Education facilities of Botswana is a geospatial dataset of schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities. The data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free collaborative world map, and was last updated on 2026-06-26. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active, with urban areas typically well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.

Use Cases

• Map school access and catchment areas based on facility locations.
• Plan education infrastructure and resource allocation based on the distribution of schools and universities.
• Analyze the geographic equity of education services based on the density of mapped facilities.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, and JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a large-scale collaborative mapping project.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform, tagged with `amenity` or `building` keys.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 04:51:20.891331; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Botswana