Road Network for the Democratic Republic of the Congo from OpenStreetMap
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Description
OpenStreetMap exports from 2026 provide a road network for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. The data is contributed by volunteers and curated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Completeness varies, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote regions.
Use Cases
Calculate travel routes and distances based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
Model population accessibility to services based on the hierarchy of roads and footways.
Plan evacuation or aid delivery corridors using the mapped service roads and trails.
Strengths
Includes a variety of road types from motorways to trails, as specified by the OSM 'highway' tag.
Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
Last updated on 2026-05-22, suggesting recent edits may be included.
Limitations
Completeness is noted to vary by region, with remote areas potentially being incomplete.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and total network length are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping, exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-22 10:53:15.970900
Geography
Democratic Republic of the Congo
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.