Railways of Djibouti from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap volunteer-mapped railway lines and stations for Djibouti. The data includes features tagged with `railway=*`, such as rail lines, tram tracks, and stations. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-06-27.

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on mapped railway lines and stations.
• Create contextual basemaps for regional planning using the geospatial railway data.
• Assess infrastructure coverage for urban and remote areas based on volunteer mapping activity.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map project.
• Urban areas are noted to be usually well represented by volunteer mappers.

Limitations

• Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity; remote areas may be sparse.
• 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 mapping and collaborative contributions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 04:23:17.958133.

Geography

Djibouti