Education Facilities in the British Virgin Islands from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data on education facilities in the British Virgin Islands, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset includes schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities tagged via `amenity` or `building` keys. Its completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map school access and catchment areas based on facility locations.
• Plan education resource allocation based on the distribution of schools and colleges.
• Analyze the spatial density of educational amenities for regional development studies.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly includes schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:25:47.806781; freshness should be verified.

Geography

British Virgin Islands