Education Facilities in Madagascar from OpenStreetMap

A 2026 OpenStreetMap export contains points of interest for schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities across Madagascar. The data is contributed by volunteer mappers and maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It is useful for mapping educational infrastructure and planning.

Use Cases

• Map school access and coverage based on facility locations.
• Plan education resource allocation based on the distribution of schools and universities.
• Analyze urban versus remote area representation for education infrastructure planning.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a large collaborative mapping project.
• Covers multiple facility types including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Coverage is likely biased towards urban areas where volunteer mappers are more active.
• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 18:22:48.892441

Geography

Madagascar