Norwegian Education Facility Locations from OpenStreetMap
Updated 3mo ago
8filesSHP
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Description
Norway's education facilities, including kindergartens, schools, colleges, and universities, are mapped from OpenStreetMap. The dataset is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on March 3, 2026. It includes attributes such as name, address, capacity, and operator type.
Use Cases
Map the spatial distribution of educational institutions based on the listed facility types.
Analyze facility capacity and operator types for resource planning.
Geocode addresses of schools and universities for location-based services.
Validate and update OpenStreetMap data for Norway's education infrastructure.
Strengths
Includes multiple facility types: kindergarten, school, college, and university.
Provides attributes for name, address, capacity, and operator type.
Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Last updated 2026-03-03 10:44:36.838743; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
Source
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Collection Method
OpenStreetMap export filtered for specific amenity and building tags.
Time Range
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Freshness
2026-03-03 10:44:36.838743
Geography
Norway
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.