OSM Data Audit Reveals Mapping Gaps Near Iceland's Top Whale-Watching Harbours
A developer conducted an OpenStreetMap data audit around five whale-watching departure points in Iceland — Reykjavík Old Harbour, Akureyri, Húsavík, Dalvík, and Hólmavík — to assess how well key visitor amenities are mapped within 600 metres of each harbour. The audit, based on a snapshot taken on 25 July 2026, checked for toilets, parking areas, bus stops, and visitor information nodes. Reykjavík returned the most data across all categories, while smaller harbours like Hólmavík and Dalvík showed notable gaps, including zero mapped bus stops and no tourism information features respectively. The author cautions that zero results do not confirm a feature is absent on the ground, only that it was not captured under the selected tags at the time of the query. The audit is intended as a prompt for local contributors to review and improve map coverage, rather than as a definitive completeness assessment.
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