India Road Network from OpenStreetMap, Including Motorways and Trails

A road network dataset for India derived from OpenStreetMap. It includes all features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, footways, and trails. The data is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the comprehensive highway network.
• Analyze accessibility to services based on the inclusion of footways and trails.
• Calculate travel times for routing applications using the categorized road types.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of road types, from motorways to trails, as described.
• Sourced from a well-known, collaborative mapping project (OpenStreetMap).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete, as noted in 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 2026-05-15 11:25:30.927491; freshness should be verified.

Geography

India