Pakistan Education Facilities from OpenStreetMap, Including Kindergartens to Universities

OpenStreetMap features in Pakistan tagged as 'kindergarten', 'school', 'college', or 'university' under the 'amenity' or 'building' keys. The dataset includes attributes such as name, address, capacity, and operator type, and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-03 03 10:53:24.816785.

Use Cases

• Mapping the spatial distribution of educational institutions based on the 'amenity' and 'building' tags.
• Analyzing school capacity and operator types for resource planning based on the 'capacity:persons' and 'operator:type' attributes.
• Geocoding and address validation for facilities using the 'addr:full' and 'addr:city' fields.
• Studying multilingual naming conventions for institutions using the 'name:en' and 'name:ur' name tags.

Strengths

• Includes multiple education facility types from kindergarten to university.
• Provides geospatial data in four common formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, and KML.
• Attributes include address, capacity, and multilingual names, which suggest potential for detailed analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap's crowdsourced nature.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from OpenStreetMap matching specific 'amenity' and 'building' tags.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 10:53:24.816785; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Pakistan