Roads

This California statewide dataset was downloaded from Geofabrik's free download server for California. This server has data extracts from the OpenStreetMap project which are normally updated every day. To simplify the layer, major roads were exported with the following selection of the attribute 'fclass': 5111 = motorway, 5112 = trunk, 5113 = primary, 5114 = secondary, 5121 = unclassified, 5122 = residential, 5123 = living street.

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Last Updated July 11, 2025, 09:38 (UTC)
Created July 11, 2025, 09:38 (UTC)
category /Operational Data Layers/Administrative
collection_name California Landscape Metrics
creation_method To simplify the layer, major roads were exported with the following selection of the attribute 'fclass': 5111 = motorway, 5112 = trunk, 5113 = primary, 5114 = secondary, 5121 = unclassified, 5122 = residential, 5123 = living street.
data_units Tabular attributes
data_vintage 09/2022
element Administrative
encoding utf8
file_name OSM_majorRoads_CA_2022.shp
format shapefile
harvest_object_id 601af536-b757-48ae-b720-d1cd0026989a
harvest_source_id a2637971-af12-457f-ae4a-831d2202a539
harvest_source_title WIFIRE Commons
metric_definition_and_relevance This California statewide dataset was downloaded from Geofabrik's free download server for California. This server has data extracts from the OpenStreetMap project which are normally updated every day.
source Open Street Map roads based on Tiger Lines (OSM)
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-0.0011170825631606597, 0.00029126706747262666], [-0.0010195146947021934, 0.00029126706747262666], [-0.0010195146947021934, 0.00037830812759205264], [-0.0011170825631606597, 0.00037830812759205264], [-0.0011170825631606597, 0.00029126706747262666]]]}
sub_collection_name Operational Data Layers