Tokelau Road Network from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports of the road network across Tokelau, last updated on 2026-05-15. The data includes all features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, footways, and trails. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is useful for routing, accessibility analysis, and evacuation planning.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the network of motorways and residential streets.
• Analyze pedestrian accessibility based on the presence of footways and trails.
• Calculate travel times for service delivery using the mapped service roads.

Strengths

• Covers all OpenStreetMap features tagged with `highway`, providing a broad view of the road network.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Data is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), a recognized organization in the open mapping community.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped compared to urban areas.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:04:36.392571; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tokelau