Road Network of Myanmar from OpenStreetMap

A road network dataset for Myanmar, tagged with highway types such as motorways, residential streets, and trails. The data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free collaborative world map, and was last updated on 2026-06-19. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas typically well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.

Use Cases

• Route planning based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
• Accessibility analysis for services based on the tagged road network.
• Evacuation planning for crises based on the mapped road infrastructure.

Strengths

• Includes multiple highway types such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping project.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.
• 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

Collaborative volunteer mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 15:16:53.053191

Geography

Myanmar