Health Facilities in the British Indian Ocean Territory from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features for healthcare amenities in the British Indian Ocean Territory, matching tags for healthcare or specific amenities like doctors, clinics, and hospitals. The dataset is an export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-05 12:20:30.819974. It includes attributes such as name, building type, healthcare speciality, and address details.

Use Cases

• Map the distribution of healthcare facilities based on the listed amenity and healthcare tags.
• Analyze facility types and specializations based on the healthcare:speciality attribute.
• Assess infrastructure capacity using the capacity:persons field where available.
• Conduct geocoding or address validation using the addr:full and addr:city attributes.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (KML, GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE) for flexibility.
• Attributes are defined with links to the OpenStreetMap wiki for detailed tag semantics.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative, open-source mapping project.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from OpenStreetMap matching specific healthcare and amenity tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 12:20:30.819974; freshness should be verified.

Geography

British Indian Ocean Territory