Cultural and Historic Places in Qatar from OpenStreetMap
Updated 23d ago
6filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
Cultural and historic places in Qatar exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries using the `tourism` tag.
Create cultural tourism guides by identifying places of worship and monuments from the `amenity` tag.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
Covers multiple cultural place types: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
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.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping and export via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 23:18:58.888138; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Qatar
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.