Education Facilities of Cameroon from OpenStreetMap

Cameroon's education facilities, including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities, tagged via OpenStreetMap's `amenity` or `building` keys. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-06-24. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas typically well-represented.

Use Cases

• Map school access and service gaps based on facility locations.
• Plan education infrastructure development based on existing facility distribution.
• Allocate educational resources by analyzing the spatial density of facilities.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON.

Limitations

• Coverage is biased towards urban areas where volunteer mappers are active; remote areas may be sparse.
• 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 mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform, tagged with `amenity` or `building` keys.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 09:50:09.064738; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cameroon