Road Network Across French Polynesia from OpenStreetMap
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Description
An OpenStreetMap export of the road network across French Polynesia, last updated on 2026-05-14. The data includes features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. It was compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is available in multiple geospatial formats.
Use Cases
Calculate travel routes based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
Assess regional accessibility based on the density and type of roads.
Plan for disaster response and evacuation using the mapped network of service roads and trails.
Strengths
Includes multiple road types, from motorways to footways and trails.
Available in several common geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped while remote areas may be incomplete.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-05-14).
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 23:11:34.465844
Geography
French Polynesia
Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge as noted in the description.