Malaysia Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap for Urban Analysis

Points of interest from OpenStreetMap for Malaysia include public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks. The data is built by volunteers and its completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being well-mapped. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Create general POI reference maps based on the described amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made tags.
• Conduct urban analysis of amenity distribution based on the described public-facing POI categories.
• Add basemap detail to other geospatial datasets based on the described landmark and attraction data.

Strengths

• Covers multiple POI categories as described: amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• 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; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.
• 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 21:06:03.644161.

Geography

Malaysia