Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Railway Features from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands include all features tagged as railway lines or stations. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-03-03. Features may have attributes such as name, elevation, operator type, and address details.

Use Cases

• Map railway network connectivity based on the 'railway' and 'layer' tags.
• Geocode station locations based on the 'addr:full' and 'addr:city' attributes.
• Analyze multilingual naming conventions for stations based on the 'name', 'name:en', and 'name:no' fields.
• Identify infrastructure operators based on the 'operator:type' attribute.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML.
• Includes a defined set of 10 potential attributes for railway features.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-03-03 10:44:32.209003.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to OpenStreetMap contributor activity.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific railway tags.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 10:44:32.209003; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands