Peru Sea Ports and Ferry Terminals from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features in Peru tagged as ports or ferry terminals, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset includes attributes such as name in multiple languages, amenity type, building type, and address details. It was last updated on 2026-05-05.

Use Cases

• Map maritime infrastructure locations based on port and ferry terminal tags.
• Analyze multilingual naming conventions for ports based on name attributes in English, Spanish, Quechua, and other languages.
• Identify port operators and types based on the operator:type attribute.
• Validate and update address information for ports based on addr:full and addr:city fields.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative global mapping project.
• Includes multilingual name attributes (name:en, name:es, name:qu, name:ay, name:cni) for cultural and linguistic analysis.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, GARMIN IMG, SHP, GEOJSON) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of OpenStreetMap features matching specific tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 19:47:04.921151; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Peru