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Description
OpenStreetMap exports contain cultural and historic places in Togo, including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data using tags for tourism, amenity, historic, and heritage. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote ones.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on the described tourism and historic tags.
Analyze the distribution of cultural amenities like museums and theatres for tourism planning.
Cross-reference field knowledge with volunteered geographic information for validation.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
Covers multiple cultural place types: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, historic sites.
Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 11:19:38.619460; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Togo
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative works.