Qatar Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap for Urban Analysis

Points of interest from OpenStreetMap, last updated 2026-05-14. The data includes public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks tagged via OSM keys. It was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and is useful for general POI reference and basemap detail.

Use Cases

• Create detailed basemaps for Qatar based on OSM-derived POI locations.
• Analyze urban amenity distribution and accessibility based on tagged `amenity` features.
• Identify tourist attractions and landmarks for travel applications based on `tourism` tags.
• Assess commercial landscape and retail density based on `shop` tags.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Covers multiple POI categories including amenities, shops, tourism, and man-made features.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:18:53.654522; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Qatar