Mozambique Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Mozambique contain points of interest tagged by volunteers. The data includes public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Create reference basemaps based on tagged amenities and landmarks.
• Analyze urban service distribution based on public-facing amenity locations.
• Support tourism applications based on tagged tourist attractions and shops.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, and SHP.
• Points are categorized using established OpenStreetMap tagging schemas for amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made features.

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 remote areas likely being less complete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:38:45.786199; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mozambique