Uruguay Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap

Uruguay's public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks exported from OpenStreetMap. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Create general POI reference maps based on the described amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made tags.
• Conduct urban analysis of service distribution and accessibility using the described public-facing amenities.
• Enrich basemaps with detailed landmark and tourist attraction data as mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Points are categorized using established OpenStreetMap tagging schemas for amenity, shop, tourism, and man_made.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas likely being incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:10:57.312839; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Uruguay