Points of Interest in Portugal from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks across Portugal. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Create reference maps for Portugal based on tagged amenities and landmarks.
• Analyze urban service distribution based on shop and amenity locations.
• Support tourism applications by identifying points of interest tagged under tourism.
• Conduct regional comparisons of infrastructure density based on man_made features.

Strengths

• Covers multiple categories of points of interest via four primary OSM tag keys: amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, and SHP.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14, indicating recent maintenance.

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.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to OpenStreetMap, with remote areas likely being less complete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:04:36.315938; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Portugal