Cultural and Historic Places in Niger from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports from Niger contain cultural and historic places tagged by volunteers. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection planning based on the `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities for infrastructure development based on the `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Create cultural resource inventories for academic research based on the described categories like museums and monuments.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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 geographic data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:23:22.436192; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Niger