Greenland Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap

Greenland's public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks exported from OpenStreetMap. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Create general reference maps based on tagged amenities, shops, and landmarks.
• Perform urban analysis based on the distribution of public-facing facilities.
• Enrich basemaps with detailed POI layers for Greenland.

Strengths

• Covers four major OpenStreetMap tagging categories: amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is licensed under the ODbL-1.0, a well-known open data license.

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, with remote areas likely being less complete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 15:35:17.856097; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Greenland