Bolivia Road Surface, Width, and Passability Data (2020-2024)

HeiGIT produced this dataset covering 27,800 km of arterial roads in Bolivia using AI analysis of PlanetScope satellite imagery from 2020 and 2024. It provides high-resolution predictions for road surface, width, and a specialized Humanitarian Passability Index (HPI) to supplement OpenStreetMap data.

Use Cases

• Monitoring infrastructure progress by tracking 'Road Surface Change' from unpaved to paved between 2020 and 2024
• Logistics planning for heavy machinery using 'Road Width Class' to identify segments wider than 5.5 meters (Class 3)
• Assessing disaster response accessibility using the 'Humanitarian Passability Index (HPI)' to identify high-risk bottlenecks

Strengths

• 89.2% surface model accuracy
• Multi-temporal comparison between 2020 and 2024
• Fills surface tag gaps for 1,100 km of missing OSM data

Limitations

• Geographic scope limited to Bolivia
• Excludes non-arterial road networks
• AI-derived predictions may contain classification noise compared to ground-truth surveys

Provenance

Source

HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology)

Collection Method

AI-derived predictions from PlanetScope satellite imagery integrated with OpenStreetMap attributes.

Time Range

2020-2024

Freshness

Contains imagery-derived data from 2020 and 2024; last updated March 2026.

Geography

Bolivia