Slovakia Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap, Including Amenities and Landmarks

Points of interest from OpenStreetMap, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The data includes public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks tagged via specific OSM keys. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Urban analysis of amenity distribution based on OSM tags like `amenity` and `shop`.
• Enhancing basemap detail for cartographic applications using landmark and tourism data.
• General reference for public-facing points of interest in Slovakia for research or application development.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Derived from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project, providing a free, community-built resource.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 00:26:27.816432; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Slovakia