Turkmenistan Road Network from OpenStreetMap

A road network dataset for Turkmenistan exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes features tagged with `highway`, such as motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. The data was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Plan routing algorithms based on the hierarchical road network.
• Conduct accessibility analysis based on the presence of footways and trails.
• Model evacuation scenarios based on the connectivity of motorways and residential streets.

Strengths

• Includes a hierarchical classification of roads from motorways to trails.
• Covers the entire region of Turkmenistan.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas likely being less complete.
• 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 data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:07:02.664151.

Geography

Turkmenistan