Somalia Railway Network and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) contains geospatial features for railway tracks and stations in Somalia. The dataset includes attributes such as names in English and Somali, elevation, operator type, and address details. It was last updated on 2026-03-03 and is available in multiple geospatial file formats.

Use Cases

• Map railway network connectivity based on the 'railway' tag.
• Identify station locations and their attributes based on the 'name' and 'addr:full' fields.
• Analyze infrastructure layering and elevation using the 'layer' and 'ele' attributes.
• Support transportation planning by visualizing the spatial distribution of 'rail' and 'station' features.

Strengths

• Data is available in five common geospatial formats: GARMIN IMG, GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, SHP, KML.
• Features are tagged with multilingual names ('name:en', 'name:so') and detailed address attributes.
• Dataset is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative, open-source mapping project.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are 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 (2026-03-03).

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:06:39.739523

Geography

Somalia