Financial Services in Ecuador from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Ecuador includes locations of financial amenities such as banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this dataset, which was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map financial service accessibility based on amenity locations.
• Plan cash distribution networks based on ATM and bank locations.
• Analyze economic activity patterns based on the density of financial points of interest.

Strengths

• Covers multiple financial amenity types including banks, ATMs, and money transfer agents.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and column definitions are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to OpenStreetMap, with urban areas likely better mapped than remote regions.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:11:03.714719; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ecuador