Cultural Places in Saint Kitts and Nevis from OpenStreetMap

Cultural and historic places from OpenStreetMap for Saint Kitts and Nevis. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. It was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage assets for protection based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and theatres for development planning.
• Create a baseline inventory of places of worship and monuments for cultural mapping projects.
• Provide geographic context for tourism applications based on the `tourism` tag.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Covers multiple cultural place types: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• OpenStreetMap completeness varies by region; 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 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:03:14.995170; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Saint Kitts and Nevis