Education Facilities in Laos from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data on schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities across Laos. The dataset is built collaboratively by volunteers and exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Completeness of mapping varies, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Map school access and proximity based on facility locations.
• Plan education resource allocation based on the distribution of schools and universities.
• Cross-reference facility data with local field knowledge for validation.

Strengths

• Includes multiple education facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via tags `amenity` or `building`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:17:19.189398; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Laos