Cultural and Historic Places from OpenStreetMap for SDN Region

OpenStreetMap data on cultural and historic places across the SDN region, including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-09 and is provided by OSGeo Nepal. Features are tagged via OpenStreetMap keys such as `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage`.

Use Cases

• Map cultural assets for heritage protection based on OpenStreetMap tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism infrastructure based on features tagged with `tourism` and `amenity`.
• Create cultural context layers for regional planning based on the described categories of museums, galleries, and monuments.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Data is available in multiple GIS formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-09, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• OpenStreetMap coverage varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported for GIS applications.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-09 18:00:42.571899

Geography

SDN region