Education Facilities in the United Arab Emirates from OpenStreetMap

United Arab Emirates education facilities exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities tagged via `amenity` or `building` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-13 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map school access and catchment areas based on facility locations.
• Plan educational resource allocation based on the distribution of schools and universities.
• Analyze the spatial density of education facilities for infrastructure development.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, and GEOJSON.
• Covers a specific geographic region, the United Arab Emirates.

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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 19:31:02.905457.

Geography

United Arab Emirates