Dominican Republic Cultural Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data on cultural and historic places in the Dominican Republic, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage assets for protection planning based on `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries based on `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Identify locations of places of worship and monuments for cultural mapping projects.
• Provide geographic context for tourism route planning based on the geospatial features.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• OpenStreetMap completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:55:44.887401; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dominican Republic