Egypt Road Network from OpenStreetMap with Surface and Traffic Attributes
Updated 3mo ago
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Description
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
null
Freshness
Last updated 2026-03-03 09:51:43.548220; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Egypt
Users must comply with the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0), which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.