Cultural and Historic Places in Jordan from OpenStreetMap
Updated 24d ago
6filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
OpenStreetMap data for Jordan includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, last updated in May 2026. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more thoroughly mapped than remote locations.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM `historic` and `heritage` tags.
Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
Create cultural asset inventories for regional 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 file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Data is provided under the open ODbL-1.0 license.
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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 20:11:30.260802; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Jordan
Cross-checking critical decisions with local field knowledge is recommended due to variable regional completeness.