Cultural and Historic Places in Cabo Verde from OpenStreetMap
Updated 25d ago
6filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
An OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in Cabo Verde, last updated on 2026-05-14. It includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage`. The data is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is useful for heritage protection, cultural mapping, and tourism context.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries for regional planning.
Create cultural tourism guides based on the locations of monuments and places of worship.
Cross-reference OSM cultural data with local field knowledge for validation.
Strengths
Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 11:48:01.409971; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Cabo Verde
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.