Cultural and Historic Places in Eswatini from OpenStreetMap
Updated 22d ago
6filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
OpenStreetMap data for Eswatini includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage`. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote ones.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection efforts based on `historic` and `heritage` tags.
Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
Create cultural resource inventories for regional planning based on the categorized places of interest.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
Covers multiple categories of cultural places, including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 10:22:39.696001; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Eswatini
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.