Points of Interest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data from 2026 provides points of interest across the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The dataset, created by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, includes public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks tagged with categories like amenity, shop, tourism, or man_made. It is useful for general reference, urban analysis, and adding detail to basemaps.

Use Cases

• Mapping urban amenities based on the described `amenity` tags.
• Analyzing retail distribution patterns based on the described `shop` tags.
• Identifying tourist infrastructure and landmarks based on the described `tourism` tags.
• Conducting spatial coverage analysis based on the description of volunteer mapping activity.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Points of interest are categorized using established OpenStreetMap tagging schemas.
• Dataset was last updated on 2026-06-19.

Limitations

• Coverage is described as sparse in remote areas, reflecting where volunteer mappers have been active.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer mapping and collaborative contribution.

Time Range

2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 09:42:51.655138

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo