Cultural Places in Mali from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide cultural and historic places across Mali. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites using OSM tags. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely more detailed than remote locations.

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`.
• Support cultural mapping initiatives based on the inclusion of museums, galleries, and theatres.
• Contextualize regional tourism development based on the dataset's geographic focus on Mali.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Derived from a free, collaborative global map source (OpenStreetMap).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to OpenStreetMap, with urban areas likely more complete than remote areas.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via OpenStreetMap tags (`tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, `heritage`).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 18:56:21.778918; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mali