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Description
OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in Comoros. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
Analyze spatial distribution of tourism amenities for planning based on `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
Create a cultural inventory for Comoros based on the described categories of museums, galleries, and monuments.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
Covers multiple cultural categories including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
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 11:45:36.780970; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Comoros
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.