Education Facilities in Palestine from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data on schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities in Palestine, tagged via `amenity` or `building` keys. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, which was last updated on 2026-06-22. Coverage reflects volunteer mapping activity and may be sparser in remote areas.

Use Cases

• Mapping school access and catchment areas based on facility locations.
• Planning education resource allocation based on the spatial distribution of schools and universities.
• Analyzing infrastructure density for development studies based on the tagged building and amenity data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly tagged for education facilities using the standardized `amenity` and `building` keys.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer collaborative mapping

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 17:24:51.883260; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Palestine, State of