Financial Service Locations in Svalbard and Jan Mayen from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, last updated 2026-03-03, includes features tagged as financial service amenities. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Map the distribution of financial access points based on amenity types like banks and ATMs.
• Analyze the network of financial service operators in the region based on the operator attribute.
• Conduct location analysis for financial services using address and city attributes.
• Validate or augment commercial geographic datasets using OpenStreetMap-sourced features.

Strengths

• Data is available in four standard geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, and KML.
• Features are defined by a specific set of eight OpenStreetMap amenity tags, providing clear inclusion criteria.
• Includes multilingual name attributes (name:en, name:no) for feature identification.

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 may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific amenity tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:27:09.722823; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands