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Description
OpenStreetMap data for Palestine includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team exported this data, which is useful for heritage protection and cultural mapping. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote locations.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities based on features like museums and galleries.
Create cultural resource inventories for urban planning based on categorized places of worship and monuments.
Strengths
Covers multiple cultural feature types including museums, galleries, theatres, and places of worship.
Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project, offering a free base layer.
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 23:09:57.725996; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Palestine, State of
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.