Cultural Places in Ghana from OpenStreetMap

Cultural and historic places in Ghana 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 was last updated on 2026-05-15 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on historic and heritage tags.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on tourism and amenity tags.
• Create cultural context layers for regional planning based on the described place types.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, 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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:04:07.789120

Geography

Ghana