Syrian Road Network from OpenStreetMap, Including Highways and Trails

OpenStreetMap exports provide a road network across Syria, including features tagged with `highway`. The data includes motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Routing for humanitarian aid delivery based on the detailed highway and street network.
• Accessibility analysis for remote communities based on the inclusion of trails and footways.
• Evacuation planning for disaster response based on the comprehensive road network.

Strengths

• Includes a wide range of road types, from motorways to trails, as specified in the description.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Data is licensed under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

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-contributed mapping and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:10:32.681960; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Syria