Financial Services in Guinea-Bissau from OpenStreetMap
Updated 21d ago
6filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
A May 2026 export of OpenStreetMap data for Guinea-Bissau, compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It maps financial service locations tagged with the `amenity` key, including banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches. The data is provided in multiple geospatial formats such as GeoPackage, KML, and GeoJSON.
Use Cases
Map financial inclusion based on the distribution of service points like banks and ATMs.
Plan cash distribution networks based on the locations of money transfer agents and post offices.
Conduct economic analysis based on the density and types of financial amenities.
Validate and augment field surveys with volunteered geographic information on microfinance branches.
Strengths
Data is available in six geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, and GEOJSON.
Covers multiple financial service types explicitly listed: banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches.
License is clearly stated as ODbL-1.0.
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.
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 10:42:35.426062; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Guinea-Bissau
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.