Lithuanian Cultural and Historic Places from OpenStreetMap
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Description
OpenStreetMap exports for Lithuania contain cultural and historic places tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites, compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection planning based on the `historic` and `heritage` tags.
Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
Create cultural resource inventories for regional development based on the described place types.
Strengths
Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, and GEOJSON.
Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
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 data exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 18:00:13.482530
Geography
Lithuania
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.