Education Facilities in the British Indian Ocean Territory from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features for education-related amenities and buildings in the British Indian Ocean Territory. The dataset is an export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-05. It includes features tagged as kindergartens, schools, colleges, or universities.

Use Cases

• Map the distribution of education facilities based on OpenStreetMap tags like 'amenity' and 'building'.
• Analyze facility capacity for planning purposes based on the 'capacity:persons' attribute.
• Geolocate schools and universities for routing or service area analysis using the provided address fields.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (KML, GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE) for compatibility.
• Data attributes are defined with links to the OpenStreetMap wiki for documentation.
• License is clearly specified as ODbL-1.0.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-05-05 12:20:34.692725; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export from OpenStreetMap based on specific tag filters.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 12:20:34.692725

Geography

British Indian Ocean Territory