Central African Republic Road Network from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide a road network across the Central African Republic, including features tagged with `highway`. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
• Analyze accessibility to services based on the inclusion of footways and trails.
• Conduct routing analysis for aid delivery using the comprehensive highway tagging.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of road types, from motorways to footways, as described.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Data is licensed under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborated mapping exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:42:02.225705; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central African Republic