Ecuador Education Facilities from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide a dataset of education facilities in Ecuador, including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map school access and catchment areas based on facility locations.
• Plan education resource allocation using the distribution of different facility types.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of educational infrastructure across Ecuador.

Strengths

• Includes multiple facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:54:26.340005; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ecuador