Portugal Road Network from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap provides a free, collaborative road map built by volunteers. This dataset includes all features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, and footways. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the hierarchical road network.
• Analyze accessibility to services based on the inclusion of footways and trails.
• Model traffic flow using the categorized motorways and residential streets.

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

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Export from the collaborative OpenStreetMap database.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:55:23.517440; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Portugal