Cultural Places in French Polynesia from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in French Polynesia, last updated on 2026-05-14. It includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is available under the ODbL-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage assets for protection planning based on the described `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism infrastructure based on the described `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Create cultural resource inventories for regional development based on the described categories of museums, galleries, and monuments.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:16:06.775278

Geography

French Polynesia