Jordan Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap for Urban Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports for Jordan provide points of interest tagged with amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made keys. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more thoroughly mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Create reference basemaps based on tagged amenities and landmarks.
• Analyze urban service distribution based on public-facing amenity locations.
• Identify tourist attractions and commercial zones based on tourism and shop tags.
• Conduct regional completeness assessments by comparing mapped POI density.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
• Covers multiple POI categories via established OSM tagging schemas (amenity, shop, tourism, man_made).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete and require cross-checking.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:11:27.854951; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jordan