These datasets are freely available data processed by CloudMade and generated by the Open Street Map project.

The files provided on these pages are created from OpenStreetMap map data. Because OpenStreetMap is a work in progress many of the countries are only partially mapped or are incomplete. The data contained on these pages has not been checked or verified by CloudMade and we don't recommend using it for any mission critical applications. For more information please read the terms and conditions.

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This archive includes 5 filesets that contain data in ESRI shapefile format. ESRI shapefile is a digital vector storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information.

*.shp - shape format; the feature geometry itself
*.shx - shape index format; a positional index of the feature geometry to allow seeking forwards and backwards quickly
*.dbf - attribute format; columnar attributes for each shape, in dBase III format

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile for more information about ESRI shapefiles.


Files with 'highway' suffix describe country's highways in form of polylines and associated attributes - highway type, name, is highway oneway.

Files with 'poi' suffix describe country's points of interest in form of points and associated attributes - name and type.

Files with 'natural' suffix describe country's areas marked as woods, forests, parks, and water surfaces in form of polygons and their names and types.

Files with 'administrative' suffix contain administrative boundaries including country's international boundaries.

Files with 'location' suffix contain locations and addresses.

Files with 'coastline' suffix contain osm coastline and water bodies extracts in form of polylines and their names.

Files with 'water' suffix contain osm water bodies in form of polygons and their names.
