Iraq Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap for Urban Analysis

Iraq points of interest exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks tagged via `amenity`, `shop`, `tourism`, or `man_made`. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Create basemap detail for mapping applications based on OSM landmark tags.
• Analyze urban service distribution based on public-facing amenity data.
• Identify tourist attractions and plan tourism routes based on tourism-tagged locations.
• Conduct retail market analysis based on shop-tagged points of interest.

Strengths

• Covers multiple POI categories via four distinct OSM tagging keys (`amenity`, `shop`, `tourism`, `man_made`).
• Available in six common geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.

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.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:42:49.737869

Geography

Iraq