Swiss Road Network from OpenStreetMap, Including Trails and Footways

OpenStreetMap exports provide a road network across Switzerland. The data includes all features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Calculate optimal routes for vehicles based on the network of motorways and streets.
• Analyze pedestrian accessibility based on the inclusion of footways and trails.
• Plan for emergency evacuations using the complete road network.
• Assess transportation infrastructure coverage in urban versus remote areas.

Strengths

• Includes a wide variety of road types, from motorways to trails, as explicitly listed.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a large collaborative mapping project.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.
• 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-collaborative mapping and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:49:31.055613

Geography

Switzerland