Definition
Any public or private surface regularly driven on by motorized vehicles. For example, cars, trucks, and motorbikes.
Layer details
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AI Packs | Surfaces |
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| Status | Production |
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| Includes | - Regular roads
- Carparks
- Painted islands
- Driveways
- Private roads
- A track that has been made naturally due to repeated compression by car tires
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| Excludes | - Footpath
- Median strip (unless purely a painted median strip)
- Refuge island (unless it is just a painted island).
- Railway tracks
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| Suitable Use Cases | A wide range of uses from understanding access routes, to understanding where new roads have been built or changed, and combining with other layers to identify the surface or type of road. |
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| Usage Notes | Take careful note that this is driveable surfaces - so it deliberately includes carparks, driveways, dirt roads, etc. To get only public roads, you could subtract the driveway layer, and you'd mostly get that. |
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