Open Street Map
Egypt, May-2021
Hany Nagaty
May-2021
Open Street Maps Description
This is a brief description for the data downloaded from Open Street Map website. OSM is described as “a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license”. I downloaded the data for Egypt on May-2021. I used this mirror.
The data has the below 16 layers
1. gis_osm_roads_free_1
This is the road network. It has classes such as motorway, primary, secondary, residential, …..etc.
Total number of line segments: 1660855.
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| residential | 1,155,867 | 69.59% |
| Other | 119,951 | 7.22% |
| footway | 114,721 | 6.91% |
| service | 103,036 | 6.20% |
| path | 98,261 | 5.92% |
| unclassified | 69,019 | 4.16% |
| bridge | n |
|---|---|
| F | 1,608,649 |
| T | 52,206 |
| tunnel | n |
|---|---|
| F | 1,660,021 |
| T | 834 |
| oneway | n |
|---|---|
| B | 1,575,859 |
| F | 84,989 |
| T | 7 |
2. gis_osm_pois_free_1
Points of Interest. This might include shopping places, hotels, hospitals, water towers, telecom towers.
Note that the list is not comprehensive
Total number of points: 12511
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 8,468 | 67.68% |
| supermarket | 1,218 | 9.74% |
| restaurant | 1,103 | 8.82% |
| cafe | 666 | 5.32% |
| hotel | 543 | 4.34% |
| tower | 513 | 4.10% |
3. gis_osm_pois_a_free_1
Another set of Points of Interest.
In contrast to the previous list, this list contains MULTIPOLYGON instead of POINT.
Total number of points: 10743
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 3,833 | 35.68% |
| swimming_pool | 2,032 | 18.91% |
| pitch | 1,789 | 16.65% |
| park | 1,733 | 16.13% |
| ruins | 708 | 6.59% |
| hotel | 648 | 6.03% |
4. gis_osm_pofw_free_1
Places of Worship, this includes mosques and churches.
Total number of features: 732
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| muslim | 488 | 66.67% |
| christian | 117 | 15.98% |
| muslim_sunni | 105 | 14.34% |
| christian_orthodox | 11 | 1.50% |
| christian_catholic | 7 | 0.96% |
| Other | 4 | 0.55% |
5. gis_osm_pofw_a_free_1
Another set of Places of Worship. The GIS features here are in POLYGON format rather than POINT format.
Total number of features: 953
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| muslim | 575 | 60.34% |
| muslim_sunni | 268 | 28.12% |
| christian | 87 | 9.13% |
| christian_orthodox | 9 | 0.94% |
| jewish | 7 | 0.73% |
| Other | 7 | 0.73% |
6. gis_osm_railways_free_1
This is the railway network. It has classes such as railway, tram and subway.
Total number of features: 1850
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| rail | 1,626 | 87.89% |
| tram | 97 | 5.24% |
| narrow_gauge | 67 | 3.62% |
| subway | 50 | 2.70% |
| monorail | 5 | 0.27% |
| Other | 5 | 0.27% |
7. gis_osm_traffic_free_1
This is the traffic landmarks, such as crossings or junctions.
Total number of features: 7484
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| crossing | 4,618 | 61.70% |
| motorway_junction | 1,351 | 18.05% |
| fuel | 473 | 6.32% |
| turning_circle | 371 | 4.96% |
| Other | 355 | 4.74% |
| parking | 316 | 4.22% |
8. gis_osm_traffic_a_free_1
Another set of traffic landmarks. The GIS features here are in MULTIPOLYGON format rather than POINT format.
Total number of features: 2558
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| parking | 1,327 | 51.88% |
| pier | 1,072 | 41.91% |
| fuel | 83 | 3.24% |
| Other | 35 | 1.37% |
| dam | 27 | 1.06% |
| service | 14 | 0.55% |
9. gis_osm_transport_free_1
Transportation landmarks, this includes bus stations and others.
The list is not comprehensive
Total number of features: 1086
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| railway_station | 341 | 31.40% |
| helipad | 174 | 16.02% |
| bus_station | 151 | 13.90% |
| Other | 149 | 13.72% |
| bus_stop | 141 | 12.98% |
| ferry_terminal | 130 | 11.97% |
10. gis_osm_transport_a_free_1
Another set of transportation landmarks. The GIS features here are in MULTIPOLYGON format rather than POINT format.
The list is not comprehensive
Total number of features: 515
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| apron | 232 | 45.05% |
| helipad | 142 | 27.57% |
| bus_station | 63 | 12.23% |
| airport | 49 | 9.51% |
| railway_station | 16 | 3.11% |
| Other | 13 | 2.52% |
11. gis_osm_buildings_a_free_1
Building boundaries. Some buildings has names; I found places such as تلفزيون وراديو ماسبيرو, مستشفى العجوزة.
This layer is very sparse and lacks most of the buildings.
Total number of features: 106095
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| building | 106,095 | 100% |
12. gis_osm_places_free_1
Places. It contains villages and others.
Total number of features: 8272
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| village | 3,764 | 45.503% |
| locality | 3,624 | 43.810% |
| island | 259 | 3.131% |
| Other | 241 | 2.913% |
| hamlet | 235 | 2.841% |
| suburb | 149 | 1.801% |
13. gis_osm_places_a_free_1
Places in POLYGON rather than POINT format.
Total number of features: 867
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| village | 376 | 43.4% |
| island | 201 | 23.2% |
| locality | 99 | 11.4% |
| town | 80 | 9.2% |
| hamlet | 69 | 8.0% |
| Other | 42 | 4.8% |
14. gis_osm_natural_free_1
Natural landmarks, like trees or springs.
Total number of features: 7229
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| tree | 4,827 | 66.77% |
| peak | 1,592 | 22.02% |
| spring | 674 | 9.32% |
| cave_entrance | 78 | 1.08% |
| cliff | 52 | 0.72% |
| Other | 6 | 0.08% |
15. gis_osm_natural_a_free_1
Natural landmarks in POLYGON rather than POINT format.
Total number of features: 639
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| beach | 422 | 66.04% |
| cliff | 183 | 28.64% |
| spring | 27 | 4.23% |
| peak | 3 | 0.47% |
| tree | 3 | 0.47% |
| cave_entrance | 1 | 0.16% |
16. gis_osm_water_a_free_1
Water features, it includes the River Nile, lakes, … etc.
Total number of features: 2544
| Class | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| water | 1,632 | 64.2% |
| reservoir | 514 | 20.2% |
| wetland | 274 | 10.8% |
| riverbank | 118 | 4.6% |
| dock | 6 | 0.2% |
