Education Facilities in Niger from OpenStreetMap for Access Mapping

Education facilities in Niger, including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities, tagged via OpenStreetMap's `amenity` or `building` keys. The data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project and exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-06-19.

Use Cases

• Map school access and service gaps based on facility locations mentioned in the description.
• Plan education infrastructure and resource allocation based on the inventory of facilities.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of educational institutions for demographic or development studies.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map with a defined tagging schema.
• Explicitly licensed under the ODbL-1.0 open data license.

Limitations

• Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity; urban areas are likely well-represented while remote areas may be sparse.
• 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, tagged with `amenity` or `building` keys.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 15:54:13.938006; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Niger