Cultural Places in Wallis and Futuna from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Wallis and Futuna contains cultural and historic places tagged via tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection efforts based on the described historic and heritage tags.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure based on the described tourism and amenity tags.
• Create cultural resource inventories for regional planning based on the described categories of museums, galleries, and monuments.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Covers specific cultural place types mentioned in the description: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project, which is a free, open world map.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:19:39.131794; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wallis and Futuna