Estonian Cultural Places from OpenStreetMap for Heritage Mapping
Updated 22d ago
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Description
A collection of cultural and historic places in Estonia, exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-15.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM `historic` and `heritage` tags.
Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries based on `tourism` tags.
Identify locations of places of worship and theatres for cultural resource planning based on `amenity` tags.
Provide geographic context for tourism applications using the categorized point-of-interest data.
Strengths
Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
Derived from a well-known, collaborative source (OpenStreetMap).
Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON).
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Freshness should be verified as the data is a snapshot from 2026-05-15.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping and export via specified OSM tagging schemes.
Freshness
Snapshot from 2026-05-15.
Geography
Estonia
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, requiring attribution and share-alike for derivative works.