Senegal Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap for Urban Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks across Senegal. Data is contributed by volunteers, with completeness varying between well-mapped urban areas and potentially incomplete remote regions. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• General POI reference for mapping applications based on the described amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made tags.
• Urban analysis of service distribution and accessibility based on the public-facing amenities and shops.
• Enhancing basemap detail for regional planning based on the included landmarks and tourist attractions.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Points are categorized using established OpenStreetMap tagging schemas for amenities, shops, tourism, and man_made features.
• The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14 23:39:25.981310.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially being incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:39:25.981310; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Senegal