Albania Road Network from OpenStreetMap for Routing and Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide the road network across Albania, including all features tagged with the `highway` key. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-10. Completeness of the map varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Calculate travel times and optimal routes based on the hierarchical road network.
• Assess regional accessibility for services or disaster response based on road types and connectivity.
• Plan evacuation routes and logistics for natural disasters based on the mapped road infrastructure.
• Analyze urban vs. rural road density for infrastructure development planning.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of road types, from motorways to footways and trails, as tagged in OpenStreetMap.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON) for flexibility.
• Maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), a recognized organization in open mapping.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete or unmapped.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping and export via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026 05 10 00:52:20.232611; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Albania