Botswana Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Botswana includes railway lines, tram tracks, and stations tagged with the `railway` key. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Analyzing transport network accessibility based on railway line locations.
• Creating basemap context for regional planning using station and track data.
• Studying the completeness of volunteer-mapped infrastructure in urban versus remote areas.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly includes railway lines, tram tracks, and stations as described.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:38:59.381580

Geography

Botswana