Liberia Cultural and Historic Places from OpenStreetMap

Cultural and historic places in Liberia exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Mapping cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyzing the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and theatres based on `tourism` tags.
• Identifying places of worship for community mapping based on `amenity` tags.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• 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.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• 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.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:26:00.050545; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Liberia