Road Network of Eritrea from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data provides a road network across Eritrea tagged with highway types such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. The dataset is sourced from a free, collaborative world map and is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It was last updated on 2026-06-27.

Use Cases

• Plan vehicle routing based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
• Analyze pedestrian accessibility based on the presence of footways and trails.
• Model evacuation scenarios using the mapped road network for disaster planning.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping platform.
• Includes multiple highway types such as motorways, residential streets, and footways.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity; remote areas may be sparse.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update is dated 2026-06-27.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 05:31:47.768580

Geography

Eritrea