Palau Cultural and Historic Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in Palau, provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via OSM keys such as tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection planning based on the described historic and heritage tags.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries for regional development.
• Create a cultural tourism guide or context layer based on the described places of worship and monuments.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.

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 mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:42:09.678607; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Palau