Cultural and Historic Places in the Maldives from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for the Maldives includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness of mapping varies by region, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM tags for `historic` and `heritage`.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on features tagged with `tourism`.
• Identify community amenities for planning based on locations tagged with `amenity`.

Strengths

• 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.
• Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0), permitting sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness of mapping varies by region, with remote areas potentially being incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 18:40:39.149367; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maldives