Education Facilities in Senegal from OpenStreetMap

Education facilities across Senegal exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities tagged via `amenity` or `building` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Map school access and proximity based on geospatial point data.
• Plan education resource allocation based on the distribution of facilities.
• Analyze the completeness of education infrastructure mapping in urban versus remote areas.

Strengths

• Covers multiple education facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Data is openly licensed under ODbL-1.0.

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 data exported via tags `amenity` and `building`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:37:55.122463; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Senegal