Samoa Railway Network and Stations from OpenStreetMap

Samoa Railways is a geospatial dataset from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) containing OpenStreetMap features for railway tracks and stations in Samoa. The dataset includes attributes such as name, elevation, operator type, and address information. It was last updated on 2026-03 03 09:48:47.327654 and is available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Map railway network connectivity based on the 'railway' and 'layer' attributes.
• Identify station locations and their operators based on the 'name' and 'operator:type' fields.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of rail infrastructure based on the geospatial data.
• Enrich transportation models with station address details based on the 'addr:full' and 'addr:city' attributes.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML.
• Includes multilingual naming attributes ('name:en', 'name:sm') for features.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded: 2026-03-03 09:48:47.327654.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update date is in the future (2026).

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 09:48:47.327654; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Samoa