Cultural and Historic Places in Guinea from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in Guinea. 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 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage assets for protection planning based on the described `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries based on the `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Identify locations of places of worship and monuments for community mapping projects based on the described feature types.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• 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

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• 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.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:10:44.418905; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Guinea