South Sudan Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap Volunteer Mappers

OpenStreetMap data provides public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks across South Sudan. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active, with urban areas usually well represented and remote areas potentially sparse. The dataset is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Create general reference maps based on tagged amenities, shops, and landmarks.
• Conduct urban analysis of service distribution based on the described POI categories.
• Enrich basemap detail for humanitarian or development projects based on the available geospatial features.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple common geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Last updated on 2026-06-22 19:06:14.331120.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas well represented and remote areas likely sparse.
• 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 mapping and collaborative tagging via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 19:06:14.331120

Geography

South Sudan