Malaysia Road Network from OpenStreetMap for Routing and Analysis

Road network data for Malaysia exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes all features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, footways, and trails. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
• Analyze accessibility to services based on the hierarchy of roads and footways.
• Perform network analysis for transportation planning using the detailed road types.

Strengths

• Covers a wide variety of road types, from motorways to trails, as described.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:01:40.535009; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malaysia