Education Facilities of Ecuador from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for education facilities in Ecuador, including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities tagged via `amenity` or `building`. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this data in multiple geospatial formats. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity and was last updated on 2026-06-27.

Use Cases

• Map school access based on facility locations.
• Plan education infrastructure based on the distribution of schools and universities.
• Allocate resources by analyzing the geographic spread of education facilities.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Facilities are explicitly tagged via OpenStreetMap's `amenity` or `building` keys.
• The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Limitations

• Coverage is described as potentially sparse in remote areas, reflecting volunteer mapper activity.
• 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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 05:16:39.530404; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ecuador