Uganda Education Facilities from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports of education facilities in Uganda, provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). The data includes schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities tagged via `amenity` or `building` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Map school access based on facility locations.
• Plan education resource allocation based on facility distribution.
• Analyze the density of educational institutions across regions.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Explicitly includes several facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative mapping project.

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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:07:27.527547.

Geography

Uganda