Botswana Road Network from OpenStreetMap for Routing and Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide the road network across Botswana. The data includes all features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this export, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Plan vehicle routing based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
• Analyze pedestrian accessibility based on the presence of footways and trails.
• Model evacuation scenarios using the complete road network hierarchy.
• Assess transportation infrastructure coverage in urban versus remote areas.

Strengths

• Includes a hierarchical road network from motorways to trails, as described.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global map project.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap, compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping and collaborative editing.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:38:14.787868; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Botswana.