Liberia Road Network from OpenStreetMap

A road network dataset for Liberia 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 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Calculate travel routes based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
• Assess regional accessibility for services based on road density and type.
• Plan evacuation routes using the mapped network of roads and trails.
• Analyze transportation infrastructure coverage in urban versus remote areas.

Strengths

• Includes a wide variety of road types, from motorways to footways and trails.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Data is licensed under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:23:46.333053; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Liberia