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Description
OpenStreetMap data on cultural and historic places in Haiti, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-14.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection efforts based on the historic and heritage tags.
Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries for tourism planning.
Create cultural asset inventories for urban planning based on the amenity and tourism tags.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
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 mapping and export via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 16:12:06.826029
Geography
Haiti
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge as noted in the description.