Switzerland Cultural Places from OpenStreetMap Export

An OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in Switzerland, last updated 2026-05-14. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites, tagged via OSM keys like tourism, amenity, historic, and heritage. It was produced by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Map cultural resource density for tourism planning based on the described categories of museums, galleries, and theatres.
• Identify and catalog historic sites and monuments for heritage protection initiatives based on OSM historic and heritage tags.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of places of worship for demographic or urban studies based on the amenity tag category.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in six common geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, and JSON.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• OpenStreetMap completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping and export via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:54:38.299708; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Switzerland