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Description
South Sudan's road network exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes all features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-15.
Use Cases
Plan evacuation routes based on the mapped road network.
Analyze regional accessibility for aid delivery using road classifications.
Model transportation networks for urban planning using street and trail data.
Strengths
Covers multiple road types including motorways, residential streets, and trails.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; 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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 00:06:42.472809; freshness should be verified.
Geography
South Sudan
Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge as completeness varies.