Dominican Republic Cultural Places from OpenStreetMap
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Description
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
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.