Tanzania Sea Ports and Ferry Terminals: OpenStreetMap Infrastructure Data

Geospatial features for sea ports and ferry terminals in Tanzania were exported from OpenStreetMap by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team in March 2026. The collection identifies maritime infrastructure through specific tags such as ferry_terminal and port, provided in multiple vector formats.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime logistics hubs using the port and amenity attributes
• Analyzing regional infrastructure ownership through the operator:type field
• Developing localized navigation tools using Swahili labels in the name:sw column

Strengths

• Available in four geospatial formats including SHP, GeoJSON, GPKG, and KML
• Includes localized Swahili names via the name:sw field
• Categorizes facilities by operator type and specific amenity tags

Limitations

• Crowdsourced nature leads to potential variation in mapping precision
• Unknown total record count in the provided metadata

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap contributors via Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Collection Method

Community-driven crowdsourced mapping and satellite imagery digitization

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Tanzania