A geospatial layer of the main road network in the Rhône department and the Metropolis of Lyon. It includes motorways, national roads, departmental roads, and main roads of the Métropole de Lyon, with an indication of the managing department and the service in charge of maintenance. The dataset was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated on March 8, 2021.
Use Cases
- Map road hierarchy and jurisdiction based on road type classifications.
- Analyze maintenance responsibility distribution across government services.
- Plan infrastructure projects using the geospatial network of major roads.
Strengths
- Dataset specifies the managing department and maintenance service for each road segment.
- Covers a defined metropolitan area (Rhône and Métropole de Lyon) with multiple road types.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2021-03-08 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Freshness
- Last updated 2021-03-08 00:00:00
- Geography
- Rhône department and Metropolis of Lyon, France