Haiti Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap volunteer mappers have contributed railway lines, tram tracks, and stations across Haiti. The data is useful for transport accessibility analysis and basemap context, provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Coverage reflects mapper activity, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.

Use Cases

• Analyzing transport network accessibility based on railway line locations.
• Creating basemap layers for contextual mapping using the tagged railway features.
• Assessing the density of railway infrastructure in urban versus remote areas.
• Cross-checking and validating local field knowledge of transport networks.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map with a global contributor base.
• License is ODbL-1.0, which permits sharing, creating, and adapting under attribution.

Limitations

• Coverage is dependent on volunteer mapper activity, leading to potential urban/rural disparities.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Collaborative mapping by volunteers, exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 10:42:19.743080; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Haiti