Slovakia Road Network from OpenStreetMap, Including Motorways and Footways

OpenStreetMap provides a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers. This export contains the road network across Slovakia, including all features tagged with `highway` such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. The data was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Includes all OpenStreetMap features tagged with `highway`, covering a wide range of road types.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-15, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping and collaborative editing.

Freshness

2026-05-15

Geography

Slovakia