Health Facilities in the Cook Islands from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data on health facilities in the Cook Islands, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset includes locations tagged as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. It was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic access to healthcare services based on facility locations.
• Plan emergency response logistics based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Identify potential healthcare coverage gaps based on the mapped density of pharmacies and doctors.

Strengths

• Covers multiple facility types including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative mapping project.

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.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed geographic data tagged with `amenity` or `healthcare` keys.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:42:29.407988; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cook Islands