Railway Lines and Stations in Chad from OpenStreetMap

Railway lines and stations for Chad, exported from OpenStreetMap and tagged with the `railway` key. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Map transport network connectivity based on railway line geometry.
• Analyze station accessibility for urban planning based on station point locations.
• Create contextual basemaps for humanitarian or development projects using the exported geospatial features.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative mapping project with a permissive ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:24:34.176586; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chad