Brazil Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap for Urban Analysis

Points of interest from OpenStreetMap for Brazil, including public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks. The data is built by volunteers and its completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete. It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• General POI reference for mapping applications based on the described amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made tags.
• Urban analysis of service distribution and accessibility based on the described public-facing amenities and shops.
• Enhancing basemap detail for cartographic projects based on the described landmarks and tourist attractions.

Strengths

• Covers a wide range of POI types as described, including amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:33:11.138888; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brazil