Marshall Islands Road Network from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide the road network across the Marshall Islands, including all features tagged with `highway`. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the network of motorways, residential streets, and trails.
• Analyze regional accessibility based on the presence of footways and service roads.
• Support transportation infrastructure planning using the comprehensive highway feature data.

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged with `highway`, suggesting a wide range of road types.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 18:41:50.242198; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Marshall Islands