Road Network of the Faroe Islands from OpenStreetMap

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