OpenStreetMap Points of Interest for El Salvador

Points of interest from OpenStreetMap for El Salvador, including public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks. The data is built by volunteers and completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Create general POI reference maps based on the described amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made tags.
• Conduct urban analysis of service distribution and accessibility using the described public-facing amenities.
• Add detail to basemaps for El Salvador using the described landmarks and tourist attractions.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes points tagged via four specific OSM keys: amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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-contributed mapping and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:53:24.299180; freshness should be verified.

Geography

El Salvador