Cultural and Historic Places in Honduras from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Honduras contain cultural and historic places tagged by volunteers. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities based on `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Create cultural resource inventories for urban planning based on the described site categories.

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 tagging via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:02:48.719110; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Honduras