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Description
Education facilities in Tonga, including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities, tagged via OpenStreetMap's `amenity` or `building` keys. The dataset is an export from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project, curated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-05-15.
Use Cases
Map school access and proximity based on geospatial point data.
Plan education resource allocation based on the distribution of facility types.
Analyze the completeness of educational infrastructure mapping in urban versus remote areas.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
Includes multiple facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 11:26:01.914306; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Tonga
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge as completeness varies.