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Description

The CODATA Catalog of Roads Data Sets, Version 1 contains 367 entries describing national-level road network data sets for 147 countries and four entries describing global data sets. It was produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) under the oversight of the CODATA Global Roads Data Development Working Group, and as a contribution to the development of the Global Roads Open Access Data Set (gROADS).

Product Summary

Platforms

MODELS

Instruments

Computer

Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region

GLOBAL,

BRUNEI,

CAPE VERDE,

CHRISTMAS ISLAND,

COMOROS,

CUBA,

CYPRUS,

DOMINICA,

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,

FAEROE ISLANDS,

HAITI,

INDONESIA,

JAMAICA,

MADAGASCAR,

MALAYSIA,

MAURITIUS,

PAPUA NEW GUINEA,

PHILIPPINES,

PUERTO RICO,

REUNION,

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE,

SINGAPORE,

SRI LANKA,

ST LUCIA,

ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,

AFGHANISTAN,

ALBANIA,

ALGERIA,

ANGOLA,

ARGENTINA,

ARMENIA,

AUSTRALIA,

AZERBAIJAN,

BAHRAIN,

BANGLADESH,

BENIN,

BHUTAN,

BOLIVIA,

BOTSWANA,

BRAZIL,

BULGARIA,

BURKINA FASO,

BURUNDI,

CAMBODIA,

CAMEROON,

CANADA,

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,

CHAD,

CHILE,

COLOMBIA,

CONGO,

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,

COSTA RICA,

COTE D'IVOIRE,

CZECHIA,

DJIBOUTI,

ECUADOR,

EGYPT,

EL SALVADOR,

ERITREA,

ESTONIA,

ETHIOPIA,

FRENCH GUIANA,

GABON,

GAMBIA,

GEORGIA,

GHANA,

GUATEMALA,

GUINEA,

GUINEA-BISSAU,

GUYANA,

HONDURAS,

INDIA,

IRAN,

IRAQ,

ISRAEL,

JAPAN,

JORDAN,

KAZAKHSTAN,

KENYA,

KUWAIT,

KYRGYZSTAN,

LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,

LATVIA,

LEBANON,

LESOTHO,

LIBERIA,

LIBYA,

LITHUANIA,

LUXEMBOURG,

MALAWI,

MAURITANIA,

MEXICO,

MOLDOVA,

MONGOLIA,

MOROCCO,

MOZAMBIQUE,

MYANMAR,

NAMIBIA,

NEPAL,

NEW ZEALAND,

NICARAGUA,

NIGER,

NIGERIA,

NORTH KOREA,

OMAN,

PAKISTAN,

PANAMA,

PARAGUAY,

PERU,

QATAR,

ROMANIA,

RUSSIAN FEDERATION,

RWANDA,

SAUDI ARABIA,

SENEGAL,

SERBIA,

SIERRA LEONE,

SOMALIA,

SOUTH AFRICA,

SOUTH KOREA,

SUDAN,

SURINAME,

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC,

TAIWAN,

TAJIKISTAN,

TANZANIA,

THAILAND,

TOGO,

TUNISIA,

TURKEY,

TURKMENISTAN,

UGANDA,

UKRAINE,

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

URUGUAY,

UZBEKISTAN,

VENEZUELA,

VIETNAM,

YEMEN,

ZAMBIA,

ZIMBABWE

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1976-01-01 to 2008-12-31

Data Partner

Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)

Concept ID

c3550187179-esdis

Data State

COMPLETE

Processing Level

Published

2009-09-30

Updated

2009-09-30

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Committee On Data For Science And Technology-CODATA-Global Roads Data Development Working Group, & Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University. (2009). CODATA Catalog of Roads Data Sets, Version 1 (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X63JTX Date Accessed: 2025-07-31

Data Center Citation

Committee on Data for Science and Technology - CODATA - Global Roads Data Development Working Group, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2009. CODATA Catalog of Roads Data Sets, Version 1. Palisades, NY: ESDIS. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X63JTX.

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