Global Obstacles

This dataset contains points of physical obstacles limiting the physical access of roads, railways or waterways.

The locations contained are mainly reported by the Logistics Cluster IM officers, WFP staff or any other external sources.

IMPORTANT: Note that the location precision and the date of the obstacles is described in the attribute table for each feature. Please use this information carefully and check that the information is up-to-date.

Data and Resources

Field Value
access_constraints []
bbox-east-long 122.640007019043
bbox-north-lat 34.0977554321289
bbox-south-lat -18.29931640625
bbox-west-long -74.4472732543945
contact-email omep.gis@wfp.org
coupled-resource []
dataset-reference-date [{"type": "publication", "value": "2013-11-08T12:00:00Z"}]
frequency-of-update asNeeded
graphic-preview-description Thumbnail for 'Global Obstacles'
graphic-preview-file https://geonode.wfp.org/uploaded/thumbs/layer-19e190b0-9b59-4c66-862b-3e8d1c074b40-thumb.png
graphic-preview-type image/png
guid 19e190b0-9b59-4c66-862b-3e8d1c074b40
licence []
metadata-date 2017-01-23T11:39:36Z
progress completed
resource-type dataset
responsible-party [{"name": "WFP", "roles": ["pointOfContact"]}]
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-74.4472732544, -18.2993164062], [122.640007019, -18.2993164062], [122.640007019, 34.0977554321], [-74.4472732544, 34.0977554321], [-74.4472732544, -18.2993164062]]]}
spatial-reference-system 4326
spatial_harvester true
Tags
  • AfriGEOSS
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • EuroGEOSS
  • Food Security
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • GIS
  • GeoNode
  • Geospatial
  • Global
  • United Nations
  • WFP
  • World Food Program
  • access constraints
  • global
  • logistics
  • road accessibility
isopen False
metadata_created 2025-09-30T20:49:19.543598
metadata_modified 2025-09-30T20:49:19.543606
notes This dataset contains points of physical obstacles limiting the physical access of roads, railways or waterways. The locations contained are mainly reported by the Logistics Cluster IM officers, WFP staff or any other external sources. *IMPORTANT*: Note that the location precision and the date of the obstacles is described in the attribute table for each feature. Please use this information carefully and check that the information is up-to-date.
num_resources 18
num_tags 18
title Global Obstacles