Lesotho Road Network from OpenStreetMap for Routing and Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide a road network across Lesotho, including motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) from volunteer contributions and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Calculate optimal routes based on the network of motorways, residential streets, and service roads.
• Analyze regional accessibility based on the presence of footways, trails, and roads.
• Plan evacuation scenarios using the mapped highway network.
• Cross-check and augment local field knowledge with the volunteered geographic information.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of road types tagged with the `highway` key in OpenStreetMap.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0), allowing for sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas likely being less complete than urban ones.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:47:51.639958; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lesotho