Qinghai

Extracts data of Qinghai from the OpenstreetMaps project for free

OpenStreetMap vector data for Qinghai provides essential resources for GIS professionals and developers working on mapping, navigation, and spatial analysis applications. This region, known for its high-altitude plateaus and extensive lake systems, offers complex topography ideal for testing cartographic rendering and routing algorithms. The site offers a free daily updated .pbf extract of the OpenStreetMap data. For users requiring immediate visualization, a paid QGIS 3 project is available, featuring pre-styled Shapefile and GeoPackage layers along with custom icons to streamline workflow.

Main files

  • [qinghai.pbf] - for osm2pgsql, Osmium, Osmosis, imposm, mkgmap, and others. This file was last modified 5 hours ago and contains all OSM data up to September 10 2026 23:00:00 UTC. File size: 34.2MB; MD5 sum: 9e0c91f2c350b64faf9202f3bb1d9aae.

Additional Files

Prepared geodata of Qinghai

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Qinghai map layers

Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • religion — religion field value
  • amenity — amenity field value
  • landuse — landuse field value
  • leisure — leisure field value
  • sport — sport field value
  • type — type field value
  • way — Geometry
Amenity (areas)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • religion — religion field value
  • amenity — amenity field value
  • landuse — landuse field value
  • leisure — leisure field value
  • sport — sport field value
  • type — type field value
  • way — Geometry
Amenity (points)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • barrier — barrier field value
  • way — Geometry
Barriers (lines)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • admin_level - Grade of administrative level
  • way — Geometry
Boundary (areas)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • admin_level - Grade of administrative level
  • way — Geometry
Boundary (lines)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • building — building field value
  • b_level — building:levels field value
  • a_numb — addr:housenumber field value
  • way — Geometry
Building
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • building — building field value
  • b_level — building:levels field value
  • a_numb — addr:housenumber field value
  • way — Geometry
Buildings (points)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • natural — Natural field value
  • landuse — Landuse field value
  • wood — Wood field is not null
  • leisure — Leisure field value
  • way — Geometry
Surfaces and land use
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • leisure — leisure field value
  • way — Geometry
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • leisure — leisure field value
  • way — Geometry
Leisure (points)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • man_made — man_made field valu
  • tower_type — tower:type field value
  • way — Geometry
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • natural — natural field value
  • way — Geometry
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • AMENITY — AMENITY field value
  • way — Geometry
Parking (areas)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • AMENITY — AMENITY field value
  • way — Geometry
Parking (points)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • place — place field value
  • official_s — official_status field value
  • POPULATION — POPULATION field value
  • way — Geometry
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • place — place field value
  • official_s — official_status field value
  • POPULATION — POPULATION field value
  • is_capital — is_capital field value
  • admin_level — Administrative grade value
  • capital — capital field value
  • way — Geometry
Places (points)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • POWER — POWER field value
  • VOLTAGE — VOLTAGE field value
  • way — Geometry
Power lines
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • POWER — POWER field value
  • VOLTAGE — VOLTAGE field value
  • way — Geometry
Power line towers
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • RAILWAY — RAILWAY field value
  • way — Geometry
Railway platforms
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • RAILWAY — RAILWAY field value
  • traction — traction field value
  • service — service field value
  • BRIDGE — BRIDGE field value
  • TUNNEL — TUNNEL field value
  • way — Geometry
Railways
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • RAILWAY — RAILWAY field value
  • public_transport — public_transport field value
  • tram — tram field value
  • station — station field value
  • way — Geometry
Railways (points)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • religion — religion field value
  • way — Geometry
Religion (areas)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • religion — religion field value
  • way — Geometry
Religion (points)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • ref — ref field value
  • HIGHWAY — HIGHWAY field value
  • way — Geometry
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • ref — ref field value
  • HIGHWAY — HIGHWAY field value
  • cycle — cycle field value
  • horse — horse field value
  • foot — foot field value
  • lanes — lanes field value
  • toll — toll field value
  • width — width field value
  • way — Geometry
Roads
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • HIGHWAY — HIGHWAY field value
  • railway — railway field value
  • way — Geometry
Road infrastructure
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • shop — shop field value
  • way — Geometry
Shop (areas)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • shop — shop field value
  • way — Geometry
Shops (points)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • sport — sport field value
  • way — Geometry
Sport (areas)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • sport — sport field value
  • way — Geometry
Sport (points)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • TOURISM — TOURISM field value
  • information — information field value
  • historic — historic field value
  • way — Geometry
Tourism (areas)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • TOURISM — TOURISM field value
  • information — information field value
  • historic — historic field value
  • way — Geometry
Tourism (points)
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • ROUTE — ROUTE field value
  • REF — REF field value
  • OPERATOR — OPERATOR field value
  • way — Geometry
Routes
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • WATERWAY — WATERWAY field value
  • way — Geometry
Streams and ditches
Fields of layer:
  • osm_id — ID in OSM base
  • name — Local name
  • name_en — Name in English
  • natural — Natural field value
  • landuse — Landuse field value
  • water — Water field is not null
  • waterway — Waterway field value
  • way — Geometry
Lakes, swamps and large rivers
Fields of layer:
  • id — Local ID
Coastline
Fields of layer:
  • id — Local ID
Land border
Fields of layer:
  • id — Local ID
Ocean border

Legend of map of Qinghai and sample project

Statistics on objects in the Qinghai

NameTypeOSM TagCount
Administrative level 4linesadmin_level = '4'169
Administrative level 5linesadmin_level = '5'74
Administrative level 6linesadmin_level = '6'197
Administrative level 8linesadmin_level = '8'263
Administrative level 9linesadmin_level = '9'2
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Administrative level 4polygonsadmin_level = '4'2
Administrative level 5polygonsadmin_level = '5'10
Administrative level 6polygonsadmin_level = '6'49
Administrative level 8polygonsadmin_level = '8'120
Administrative level 9polygonsadmin_level = '9'1
Administrative level 10polygonsadmin_level = '10'1
Placespolygonsplace = 'city' / place = 'town' / place = 'village' / place = 'hamlet' / place = 'locality' / place = 'suburb' / place = 'island' / place = 'farm' / place = 'isolated_dwelling'38
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Townpolygonsplace = 'town'2
Villagepolygonsplace = 'village'20
Localitypolygonsplace = 'locality'3
Islandpolygonsplace = 'island'6
Isolated dwellingpolygonsplace = 'isolated_dwelling'7
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Buildingpointsbuilding is not ''217
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Buildingpolygonsbuilding is not ''70576
Dominantspolygonsbuilding = 'church' / building = 'government' / building = 'cathedral' / building = 'public' / building = 'hospital' / building = 'train_station' / building = 'chapel' / building = 'college' / building = 'university'32
Schools and kindergartenspolygonsbuilding = 'school' / building = 'kindergarten'64
Under constructionpolygonsbuilding = 'construction'19
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
policepointsamenity = 'police'26
fire stationpointsamenity = 'fire_station'4
post officepointsamenity = 'post_office'10
telephonepointsamenity = 'telephone'1
librarypointsamenity = 'library'6
townhallpointsamenity = 'townhall'10
courthousepointsamenity = 'courthouse'1
community centrepointsamenity = 'community_centre'3
cemeterypointsamenity = 'grave_yard' / landuse = 'cemetery'1
marketplacepointsamenity = 'marketplace'1
universitypointsamenity = 'university'1
schoolpointsamenity = 'school'29
kindergartenpointsamenity = 'kindergarten'12
pharmacypointsamenity = 'pharmacy'3
hospitalpointsamenity = 'hospital'9
clinicpointsamenity = 'clinic'2
veterinarypointsamenity = 'veterinary'1
theatrepointsamenity = 'theatre'4
cinemapointsamenity = 'cinema'1
swimming poolpointsamenity = 'swimming_pool' / leisure = 'swimming_pool' / sport = 'swimming' / leisure = 'water_park'3
restaurantpointsamenity = 'restaurant'132
fast foodpointsamenity = 'fast_food'16
cafepointsamenity = 'cafe'15
pubpointsamenity = 'pub'2
bar, biergartenpointsamenity = 'bar' / amenity = 'biergarten'7
food courtpointsamenity = 'food_court'1
shelterpointsamenity = 'shelter'27
car rentalpointsamenity = 'car_rental'4
car washpointsamenity = 'car_wash'3
bankpointsamenity = 'bank'22
atmpointsamenity = 'atm'4
toiletspointsamenity = 'toilets'87
benchpointsamenity = 'bench'11
drinking waterpointsamenity = 'drinking_water'8
fuelpointsamenity = 'fuel'343
bus stationpoints/polygonsamenity = 'bus_station'33
taxipoints/polygonsamenity = 'taxi'4
airportpoints/polygonsamenity = 'airport' / aeroway = 'aerodrome' + type is not 'airstrip'11
ferry terminalpoints/polygonsamenity = 'ferry_terminal'3
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Mosquepointsamenity = 'place_of_worship' + religion = 'muslim'36
Buddhist templepointsamenity = 'place_of_worship' + religion = 'buddhist'745
Taoist templepointsamenity = 'place_of_worship' + religion = 'taoist'1
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
playgroundpoints/polygonsleisure = 'playground'4
sports centrepoints/polygonsleisure = 'sports_centre'7
stadiumpoints/polygonsleisure = 'stadium'38
slipwaypointsleisure = 'slipway'1
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
supermarket, generalpointsshop = 'supermarket' / shop = 'general'46
bakerypointsshop = 'bakery'7
kioskpointsshop = 'kiosk'1
mallpointsshop = 'mall'2
department storepointsshop = 'department_store'1
conveniencepointsshop = 'convenience'58
clothespointsshop = 'clothes'2
bookspointsshop = 'books'4
butcherpointsshop = 'butcher'1
shoespointsshop = 'shoes'2
alcohol, beveragespointsshop = 'alcohol' / shop = 'beverages'1
outdoorpointsshop = 'outdoor'2
carpointsshop = 'car'21
bicyclepointsshop = 'bicycle'5
car repairpointsshop = 'car_repair'2
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
basketballpointssport = 'basketball'60
soccerpointssport = 'soccer'2
swimmingpointssport = 'swimming'2
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
artworkpoints/polygonstourism = 'artwork'63
attractionpoints/polygonstourism = 'attraction'107
camp sitepoints/polygonstourism = 'camp_site'19
caravan sitepoints/polygonstourism = 'caravan_site'1
guest housepoints/polygonstourism = 'guest_house'27
hostelpoints/polygonstourism = 'hostel'20
hotelpointstourism = 'hotel'184
informationpoints/polygonstourism = 'information'82
motelpoints/polygonstourism = 'motel'4
museumpoints/polygonstourism = 'museum'32
picnic sitepointstourism = 'picnic_site'2
theme parkpoints/polygonstourism = 'theme_park'3
viewpointpointstourism = 'viewpoint'97
zoopoints/polygonstourism = 'zoo'3
chaletpoints/polygonstourism = 'chalet'1
alpine hutpointstourism = 'alpine_hut'1
mappointsinformation = 'map'1
boardpointsinformation = 'board'9
guidepostpointsinformation = 'guidepost'34
monumentpointshistoric = 'monument'28
memorialpointshistoric = 'memorial'42
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Coastlineslines1
Water surfacepolygons1
Land boundariespolygons1
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Lakes and large riverspolygonsnatural = 'water' / waterway = 'riverbank'4091
Wetlandpolygonsnatural = 'wetland'102
water' and water notpolygonsnatural = 'water' + water is not 'river' + water is not 'reservoir'3627
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Canallineswaterway = 'canal'193
Drainlineswaterway = 'drain'236
Riverlineswaterway = 'river'2426
Streamlineswaterway = 'stream'3932
Otherslineswaterway is not ''7225
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Fencelinesbarrier = 'fence'821
Walllinesbarrier = 'wall'2548
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Towerpointsman_made = 'tower'1064
Cell towerpointsman_made = 'tower' + tower:type = 'communication'410
Water towerpointsman_made = 'water_tower'34
Lookout towerpointsman_made = 'tower' + tower:type = 'observation'24
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Power lineslinespower is not ''499072
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Towers Power linespointspower is not ''160942
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Springpointsnatural = 'spring'12
Peakpointsnatural = 'peak'6801
Treepointsnatural = 'tree'231
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Citypointsplace = 'city'47
Townpointsplace = 'town'398
Villagepointsplace = 'village'2234
Hamletpointsplace = 'hamlet'2715
Hamletpointsplace = 'locality'2488
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Allotmentspolygonslanduse = 'allotments'5
Basinpolygonslanduse = 'basin'16
Brownfieldpolygonslanduse = 'brownfield'53
Cemeterypolygonslanduse = 'cemetery'33
Commercialpolygonslanduse = 'commercial'154
Constructionpolygonslanduse = 'construction'142
Farm, farmlandpolygonslanduse = 'farm' / landuse = 'farmland'888
Farmyardpolygonslanduse = 'farmyard'198
Forestpolygonslanduse = 'forest' / landuse = 'natural'523
Grasspolygonslanduse = 'grass'266
Greenfieldpolygonslanduse = 'greenfield'24
Industrialpolygonslanduse = 'industrial'926
Landfillpolygonslanduse = 'landfill'82
Meadowpolygonslanduse = 'meadow'40
Quarrypolygonslanduse = 'quarry'265
Railwaypolygonslanduse = 'railway'34
Recreation groundpolygonslanduse = 'recreation_ground'13
Reservoirpolygonslanduse = 'reservoir'72
Residentialpolygonslanduse = 'residential'4850
Retailpolygonslanduse = 'retail'41
Salt pondpolygonslanduse = 'salt_pond'551
Educationpolygonslanduse = 'education'4
Parkpolygonsleisure = 'park'275
Beachpolygonsnatural = 'beach'1
Grasslandpolygonsnatural = 'grassland'267
Heathpolygonsnatural = 'heath'1
Sandpolygonsnatural = 'sand'28
Scrubpolygonsnatural = 'scrub'62
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Amenitypolygonsamenity is not ''1450
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Leisurepolygonsleisure is not ''1508
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Place of worshippolygonsamenity = 'place_of_worship'463
Place of worshippolygonsamenity = 'place_of_worship'463
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Shoppolygonsshop is not ''25
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Sportpolygonssport is not ''1067
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Tourismpolygonstourism is not ''149
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
parkingpolygonsamenity = 'parking'207
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
ferrylinesroute = 'ferry'3
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Platformpolygonsrailway = 'platform'43
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Abandonedlinesrailway = 'abandoned'203
Constructionlinesrailway = 'construction'101
Narrow gaugelinesrailway = 'narrow_gauge'15
Platformlinesrailway = 'platform'27
Railwaylinesrailway = 'rail' + service is null2826
Service railwaylinesrailway = 'rail' + service is not null1602
tramlinesrailway = 'tram'26
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Trunklineshighway = 'trunk' / highway = 'trunk_link'3564
Primarylineshighway = 'primary' / highway = 'primary_link'1829
Secondarylineshighway = 'secondary' / highway = 'secondary_link'2577
Tertiarylineshighway = 'tertiary' / highway = 'tertiary_link'5947
Unclassifiedlineshighway = 'unclassified'11584
Residentiallineshighway = 'residential'10964
Servicelineshighway = 'service'7018
Footwaylineshighway = 'footway' / highway = 'path' + foot = 'designated'1468
Pathlineshighway = 'path' + cycle is not 'designated' + foot is not 'designated' + horse is not 'designated'12632
Constructionlineshighway = 'construction'685
Roadlineshighway = 'road'50
Cyclewaylineshighway = 'cycleway' / highway = 'path' + cycle = 'designated'9
Living streetlineshighway = 'living_street'614
Pedestrianlineshighway = 'pedestrian'90
Stepslineshighway = 'steps'83
Tracklineshighway = 'track'6323
Bridlewaylineshighway = 'bridleway' / highway = 'path' + horse = 'designated'12
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Crossingpointshighway = 'crossing' / railway = 'level_crossing'1140
Traffic signalspointshighway = 'traffic_signals'48
Mini roundaboutpointshighway = 'mini_roundabout'3
Speed camerapointshighway = 'speed_camera'40
Street lamppointshighway = 'street_lamp'69
Bus stoppointshighway = 'bus_stop'295
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
servicespolygonshighway = 'services'85
NameTypeOSM TagCount
squarepolygonsplace = 'square'55
.$row2[6].
NameTypeOSM TagCount
Stationpointsrailway = 'station'152
Haltpointsrailway = 'halt'1
Tram stoppointsrailway = 'tram_stop' / public_transport = 'stop_position' + tram = 'yes'25
.$row2[6].

 

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