Botswana Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide points of interest for Botswana, including public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks. The data is compiled by volunteer mappers and hosted by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Its completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically being better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Create reference basemaps based on tagged amenities and landmarks.
• Analyze urban service distribution based on public-facing amenity locations.
• Support tourism applications by identifying tagged tourist attractions.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely used collaborative mapping project.
• Explicitly includes features tagged with `amenity`, `shop`, `tourism`, and `man_made` keys.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies geographically; remote areas may be sparsely mapped.
• Last updated 2026-05-14; freshness should be verified for time-sensitive applications.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14.

Geography

Botswana