Papua New Guinea Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap

Papua New Guinea points of interest data exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks tagged via OSM keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Create reference basemaps based on OSM-tagged landmarks and amenities.
• Analyze urban service distribution based on public-facing amenities.
• Identify tourist attractions for regional planning based on tourism tags.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Dataset is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).
• Last update timestamp is provided (2026-05-14 22:47:12.370162).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:47:12.370162

Geography

Papua New Guinea