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Description
A geospatial dataset of the road network across Iceland, exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. The data is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-14.
Use Cases
Plan evacuation routes based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
Analyze accessibility to services based on the presence of footways and trails.
Model traffic flow using the hierarchy of road types from motorways to service roads.
Strengths
Includes a wide range of road types, from motorways to trails, as specified by the `highway` tag.
Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).
Last updated on 2026-05-14.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.
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 via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14.
Geography
Iceland
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.