Road Network Shapefile for Doña Ana County, New Mexico

A TIGER/Line shapefile from the U.S. Census Bureau containing all road and path features for Doña Ana County, NM. It is part of a national series designed to be used independently or combined for broader coverage. The data includes primary roads, secondary roads, local streets, trails, and pedestrian walkways.

Use Cases

• Perform spatial analysis on road network density and connectivity using the MTFCC feature classification codes.
• Develop routing applications by leveraging the seamless, topologically integrated geometry of road and path features.
• Conduct geographic studies on transportation infrastructure, analyzing features like alleys, ramps, and bike paths.
• Integrate with address range data for geocoding and location-based service development within the county.

Strengths

• Data is part of the U.S. Census Bureau's national Master Address File/TIGER System, ensuring authoritative geographic standards.
• Comprehensive coverage includes all road and path feature types, from primary highways to pedestrian stairways.
• Shapefiles are designed to be topologically integrated with no overlaps or gaps, supporting accurate spatial analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, file sizes, and column details are unavailable, limiting precise assessment of dataset scale and structure.
• As a single county extract, analysis of regional or national road networks requires combining multiple files.
• The license terms are unspecified, which may restrict commercial or redistribution use cases.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extracted from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-12-26, indicating current data.

Geography

Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA