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Description
Road network data for the Cayman Islands exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Use Cases
Calculate travel routes based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
Assess regional accessibility based on the presence of footways, trails, and service roads.
Plan for emergency evacuations based on the mapped road network.
Conduct infrastructure analysis based on the classification of highway types.
Strengths
Includes multiple road types as defined by the OpenStreetMap `highway` tag.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
Data is licensed under the ODbL-1.0 open license.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 11:59:02.261367; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Cayman Islands
Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge as data completeness varies.