OpenStreetMap Points of Interest for Tonga

Tonga contains points of interest exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks tagged via OSM keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Create reference maps based on OSM-tagged amenities and landmarks.
• Analyze urban service distribution based on public-facing amenity locations.
• Enrich tourist applications with data on attractions and shops.
• Cross-check field data against volunteer-mapped POI locations.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Points are categorized using established OSM tagging schemas for amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made features.
• The dataset is openly licensed under ODbL-1.0.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping and export via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:25:32.477886; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tonga