OpenStreetMap data compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team details financial service locations in Mali, including banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches. The dataset is available in multiple geospatial formats such as GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON. It was last updated on 2026-06-23.
Use Cases
- Map financial inclusion based on the distribution of financial service amenities.
- Plan cash distribution networks based on the locations of ATMs and money transfer agents.
- Conduct economic analysis based on the spatial concentration of banks and microfinance branches.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
- Covers multiple financial service types including banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches.
- Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, HTML, KML, GEOJSON, JSON).
Limitations
- Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, resulting in sparse data in remote areas compared to urban centers.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- OpenStreetMap
- Collection Method
- Volunteer mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-23 18:36:22.397940
- Geography
- Mali