Honduras Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap, Including Amenities and Landmarks

OpenStreetMap exports provide a free, collaborative map of Honduras built by volunteers. The data includes public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks tagged via specific OSM keys. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Create reference basemaps based on the described points of interest.
• Analyze urban service distribution based on the described amenities and shops.
• Identify tourist attractions and landmarks for travel applications based on the described tourism tags.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is licensed under the ODbL-1.0, a recognized open data license.
• Points of interest are categorized using established OpenStreetMap tagging conventions.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially being incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:02:39.665502; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Honduras