Cultural and Historic Places in Guadeloupe from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Guadeloupe includes cultural and historic places tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage`. The dataset, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, contains museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Create cultural asset inventories for regional planning based on categorized places like museums and monuments.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial file 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 data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:46:57.597653; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Guadeloupe