Education Facilities in Suriname from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data on schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities in Suriname. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data, which is useful for mapping school access and planning. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map school access based on facility locations.
• Plan education resource allocation based on the distribution of schools and universities.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of different education facility types (e.g., kindergartens vs. colleges).

Strengths

• Includes multiple education facility types (schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Data is licensed under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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 via OpenStreetMap tags (`amenity`, `building`).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:55:33.689747; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Suriname