Guinea-Bissau Road Network from OpenStreetMap, Including Trails and Footways

Guinea-Bissau's road network exported from OpenStreetMap, containing all features tagged with `highway`. The data includes motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Calculate optimal routes based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
• Assess regional accessibility for services based on the hierarchy of roads and trails.
• Plan evacuation routes for natural disasters using the complete road and footway network.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged with `highway`, from motorways to trails.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Sourced from a well-known collaborative mapping project (OpenStreetMap).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:25:27.693255; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Guinea-Bissau