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Description
An OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in Croatia, last updated 2026-05-14. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. It was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is available in multiple geospatial formats.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection planning based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and theatres across Croatian regions.
Create cultural resource inventories for urban development based on categorized points of interest.
Provide geographic context for tourism applications using the spatial locations of cultural places.
Strengths
Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
Available in several geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via specific OSM tags (`tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, `heritage`).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 16:08:30.474384; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Croatia
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.