Kuwait Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Kuwait contain points of interest tagged by volunteers. The data includes public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Create reference maps for Kuwait based on tagged amenities and shops.
• Analyze urban service distribution based on categorized points of interest.
• Enrich basemap detail for Kuwait using the exported landmark data.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, and GEOJSON.
• Points of interest are categorized using established OpenStreetMap tagging schemas for amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made.

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.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:15:01.577385; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kuwait