How do you access OSM India data?

OSM India is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.

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OpenStreetMap India Extract

Name: OpenStreetMap India Extract
Creator: OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap India extracts are used for roads, POIs, and community-mapped features.

Open downloadVery largeGood starting dataset

geospatial transport

Host / institution

OSM / Geofabrik · OpenStreetMap

Geography

India

Time coverage

Continuous community map

Update frequency

Rolling updates

What this is best for

Web maps, routing, and POI layers

Main limitations

Completeness varies by region and feature class

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is OSM India used for?: Web maps, routing, and POI layers
How do you access OSM India data?: OSM India is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does OSM India cover?: Geography: India. Time coverage: Continuous community map.
What are the main limitations of OSM India?: Completeness varies by region and feature class

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

3 links

Variables5

Live-fetched wiki.openstreetmap.org (2026-07-09): Map features - OpenStreetMap Wiki. Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

Sourced from live host documentation

Open official dictionary

Name / code	Description	Group
Roads / rail	Transport network ways	Transport
Water / forests	Natural features	Environment
POIs	Points of interest	Places
Tags	OSM key=value attributes	Attributes
Geometry	Nodes, ways, relations	Geometry

Formats

PBF · shapefile

Technical tags

geospatial vectoropenrolling

Example uses

Accessibility and network analysis

Research and articles using this data

Verified examples that analyze, reuse, introduce, or visualize this dataset. Search matches without evidence are not published here.

4 verified sources

Scholarly works4

Journal articleAnalyzes data
IMRT AND VMAT COMMISSIONING FOR VERSA HD LINEAR ACCELERATOR USING AAPM TG-119
Seema Sharma, Subhash Chander, Velliyan Subramani · et al. · International Journal of Advanced Research · 2017
Analyzes OSM India data in the context of: "IMRT AND VMAT COMMISSIONING FOR VERSA HD LINEAR ACCELERATOR USING AAPM TG-119".
Journal articleAnalyzes data
esy-osmfilter – A Python Library to Efficiently Extract OpenStreetMap Data
Adam Pluta, Ontje Lünsdorf · Journal of Open Research Software · 2020
Analyzes OSM India data in the context of: "esy-osmfilter – A Python Library to Efficiently Extract OpenStreetMap Data".
Journal articleAnalyzes data
OSM
SpringerReference
Analyzes OSM India data in the context of: "OSM".
ReportAnalyzes data
Whose India? Which India?
The Rediscovery of India · 2009
Analyzes OSM India data in the context of: "Whose India? Which India?".

Scholarly checked:: 10 Sept 2026
Web checked:: Not checked yet

Open access portal

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.