Education Facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data on schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities across the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, which is useful for mapping school access and planning. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map school access and proximity based on the locations of education facilities.
• Plan education resource allocation using the spatial distribution of schools and universities.
• Cross-reference field knowledge with volunteered geographic information for validation.

Strengths

• Includes multiple education facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, 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.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 10:55:15.362927; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo