Palau Road Network from OpenStreetMap

Palau's road network exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes all features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this export, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Routing algorithm development based on the detailed highway classification.
• Accessibility analysis for services based on the road network coverage.
• Evacuation planning for natural disasters using the mapped trails and streets.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of road types, from motorways to trails, as described.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, JSON).

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete, as noted in the description.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:40:48.451875

Geography

Palau