Cultural and Historic Places in Namibia from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap volunteers compiled cultural and historic places across Namibia. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map cultural resource density for tourism planning based on the described categories of museums, galleries, and monuments.
• Identify potential heritage sites for protection based on OSM historic and heritage tags.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of places of worship or theatres for cultural studies.
• Create a baseline map for field validation campaigns in remote areas where data completeness is noted to vary.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Multiple export formats are available, including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Covers a defined set of cultural feature types: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:14:09.853090

Geography

Namibia