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

OpenStreetMap exports provide public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks across the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this dataset, last updated on 2026-05-22. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Create detailed basemaps for navigation and planning based on the described POI categories.
• Analyze urban service distribution and accessibility based on the presence of amenities and shops.
• Identify tourist attractions and landmarks for economic or cultural studies.
• Support humanitarian logistics and field operations with a general POI reference.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
• Includes multiple POI categories defined by standard OSM tags: amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made.
• Available in several geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 13:54:28.704224; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo