Railway Features for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features for railways and stations in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The dataset is an export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-03 03 09:29:45.752336. It includes attributes such as name, elevation, operator type, and address details.

Use Cases

• Map railway network connectivity based on the 'railway' and 'layer' attributes.
• Geocode station locations for logistics planning based on 'addr:full' and 'addr:city' fields.
• Analyze infrastructure ownership or management based on the 'operator:type' attribute.
• Validate and update OpenStreetMap railway data based on the 'source' attribution.

Strengths

• Data is provided in five common geospatial formats (GARMIN IMG, GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, SHP, KML) for interoperability.
• Includes multiple name and address attributes ('name', 'name:en', 'addr:full', 'addr:city') for feature identification.
• Dataset has a specific, recent last updated timestamp of 2026-03-03 09:29:45.752336.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to OpenStreetMap contributor coverage.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tags.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:29:45.752336; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha