Cultural and Historic Places in India from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for India includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The dataset is tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys and was last updated on 2026-05-15. It is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Create cultural resource inventories for urban planning based on the described place types.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON, and HTML.

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.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:42:55.821804

Geography

India