Education Facilities in Iceland from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export of education facilities in Iceland, including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities. The data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project and exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Map school access and catchment areas based on facility locations.
• Plan education infrastructure and resource allocation based on facility distribution.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of different education levels (e.g., kindergartens vs. universities).

Strengths

• Covers multiple education facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).

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-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 19:58:43.227374; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Iceland