Egypt Road Network from OpenStreetMap with Surface and Traffic Attributes

Egypt's road network features extracted from OpenStreetMap, containing all features where the 'highway' tag is not null. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on March 3, 2026. It includes attributes such as road names, surface type, smoothness, width, lanes, and one-way designation.

Use Cases

• Generate road network graphs for routing algorithms based on the 'highway' and 'oneway' attributes.
• Analyze road surface quality and material distribution using the 'surface' and 'smoothness' tags.
• Assess road capacity and traffic flow potential based on the 'lanes' and 'width' features.
• Create multilingual maps or navigation systems using the 'name', 'name:en', and 'name:ar' fields.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of road attributes such as surface, smoothness, width, and lanes, which suggests detailed feature tagging.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GARMIN IMG, GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, SHP, KML) for flexibility.
• Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0), permitting sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap's crowdsourced nature.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of OpenStreetMap features matching the condition tags['highway'] IS NOT NULL.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:51:43.548220; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Egypt