Estonian Cultural Places from OpenStreetMap for Heritage Mapping

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