Cultural Places in Gabon from OpenStreetMap

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