Malaysian Cultural Places from OpenStreetMap Export

OpenStreetMap provides a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers. This dataset contains cultural and historic places across Malaysia, including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on features tagged with `tourism`.
• Support cultural mapping initiatives based on categorized places like museums and galleries.
• Provide context for tourism development based on the location of theatres and monuments.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping project.
• Covers multiple cultural categories including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• 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; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:06:29.645991; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malaysia