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An Introduction to Freely Available Street Network Data

Hartwig Hochmair andDennis Zielstra


Release Date: 7/20/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-fr343-2014

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Abstract

Agricultural, natural resource management, urban planning, and community development projects often involve analysis and mapping of spatial data. This publication focuses on two repositories of freely available street network data. It describes their data retrieval process, and points out some of their differences. Two sample applications demonstrate the usefulness of free street data in various projects.

About this Publication

This document is FOR281, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2011. Revised April 2014, May 2020, April 2023, and May 2026. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Hochmair, H. H., & Zielstra, D. (2014). An Introduction to Freely Available Street Network Data. EDIS, 2014(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fr343-2014

Authors

Hartwig Hochmair
Hartwig Hochmair
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, geomatics, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Dennis Zielstra
Dennis Zielstra
external
University of Florida

alumnus (Ph.D., 2014, geomatics) and former research assistant, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

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