Switzerland Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide points of interest across Switzerland. The data includes public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks tagged via OSM keys. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Create general POI reference maps based on the described amenity and tourism tags.
• Conduct urban analysis of service distribution based on the described shop and amenity categories.
• Enrich basemap detail for navigation or tourism applications based on the described landmark and attraction data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple categories of points of interest including amenities, shops, tourism, and man-made features.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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 and data export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:54:23.509607

Geography

Switzerland