Cultural Places in Iceland from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide cultural and historic places across Iceland, including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Map cultural tourism infrastructure based on OSM tourism and amenity tags.
• Identify historic sites for heritage protection planning based on historic and heritage tags.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of cultural amenities like museums and galleries.
• Provide geographic context for tourism development studies using the exported geospatial data.

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• 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

• 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 2026-05-14 20:01:30.733490

Geography

Iceland