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Description
OpenStreetMap exports for the Isle of Man contain cultural and historic places tagged by volunteers. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites, sourced from OSM tags for tourism, amenity, historic, and heritage. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this export via HDX, last updated on 2026-05-14.
Use Cases
Map cultural assets for heritage protection based on the described historic and heritage site tags.
Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on the described tourism and amenity tags.
Create cultural resource inventories for regional planning based on the described categories of museums, galleries, and theatres.
Strengths
Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
Covers multiple cultural categories including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
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 OpenStreetMap tags for tourism, amenity, historic, and heritage.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 16:22:31.899277; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Isle of Man
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative works.