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Do you know where I can download an updated shapefile of the roads of the World that come from a single source?

I've downloaded the Global Roads Open Access Data Set (gROADS), v1 (1980 – 2010), but this is a compilation from different data souces and cannot compare the data among all countries.

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    Why not just acquire the OSM dataset? – Thomas Oct 04 '16 at 16:25
  • @ThomasHorner Why not make that an answer? – Dan C Oct 04 '16 at 16:26
  • Trying to see if there were other requirements for the data. But yeah, might as well throw it in an answer I guess. – Thomas Oct 04 '16 at 16:30
  • related http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/19552/where-can-i-find-road-shapefile-e00-etc-for-the-entire-world – Mapperz Oct 04 '16 at 16:39
  • The main requirements is to be global and from a single source – Claudia Oct 04 '16 at 16:39
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    Welcome to gis.stackexchange! Please edit the title of your question to include enough information for future visitors to be able to find this thread when looking for the same problem. – underdark Oct 04 '16 at 16:42
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    Are you really after a shapefile? the format is limited to 2GB, and it's likely that all the roads of the world won't fit onto a file that small – nmtoken Oct 04 '16 at 18:13
  • What amount of detail do you need? What scale will you be using it at. A truly comprehensive accuate dataset of all the world's roads cannot possibly be from one single source. OSM might be your best bet. Maybe it can be generalized. – Mattropolis Oct 04 '16 at 22:26

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OpenStreetMap data might be what you are looking for -- it is somewhat standardized and pretty up-to-date across many parts of the globe.

Check out their wiki for steps on download and converting their datasets. Then just extract the roads data from there.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Downloading_data#All_data_at_once

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