This archive includes 5 filesets that contain data in ESRI shapefile format. ESRI shapefile is a digital vector storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information.

*.shp - shape format; the feature geometry itself
*.shx - shape index format; a positional index of the feature geometry to allow seeking forwards and backwards quickly
*.dbf - attribute format; columnar attributes for each shape, in dBase III format

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile for more information about ESRI shapefiles.


Files with 'highway' suffix describe country's highways in form of polylines and associated attributes - highway type, name, is highway oneway.

Files with 'poi' suffix describe country's points of interest in form of points and associated attributes - name and type.

Files with 'natural' suffix describe country's areas marked as woods, forests, parks, and water surfaces in form of polygons and their names and types.

Files with 'administrative' suffix contain administrative boundaries including country's international boundaries.

Files with 'coastline' suffix contain osm coastline and water bodies extracts in form of polylines and their names.

Files with 'water' suffix contain osm water bodies in form of polygons and their names.