Road Network of the Faroe Islands from OpenStreetMap
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Description
OpenStreetMap exports provide a free, collaborative road network map for the Faroe Islands. The data includes all features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, footways, and trails. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote areas.
Use Cases
Calculate optimal routes based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
Assess regional accessibility for services or disaster response using the road hierarchy.
Plan evacuation routes by analyzing the connectivity of service roads and trails.
Strengths
Includes a hierarchy of road types from motorways to footways and trails.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
Data is licensed under the ODbL-1.0 open license.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
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-contributed mapping data exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 10:11:08.915611; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Faroe Islands
Cross-checking critical decisions with local field knowledge is recommended due to potential mapping gaps.