Cultural and Historic Places in the United Arab Emirates from OpenStreetMap
Updated 26d ago
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Description
United Arab Emirates cultural and historic places exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-13 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage assets for protection based on `historic` and `heritage` tags.
Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
Create cultural resource inventories for urban planning based on the described features.
Strengths
Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
Last updated on 2026-05-13.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
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.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-13 19:33:19.381596; freshness should be verified.