Cultural and Historic Places in Taiwan from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports of cultural and historic places in Taiwan, provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Map cultural asset density for heritage protection based on the described `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze spatial distribution of tourism amenities for regional planning based on the described `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Create cultural tourism guides or context layers based on the described categories of museums, galleries, and monuments.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.

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 data exported via tags for `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, and `heritage`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:25:40.453875; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Taiwan