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Description
OpenStreetMap exports for Gabon contain cultural and historic places tagged via tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. It was last updated on 2026-05-17 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM tags.
Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities across Gabon.
Create tourism context maps based on the locations of monuments and historic sites.
Strengths
Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-17 09:27:57.879098.
Geography
Gabon
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.