Athens Road Network Map
Cradled between four mountains in the Attica Basin, Athens features a continuous urban fabric surrounding the ancient Acropolis, connected to the port of Piraeus by historic avenues.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Αθήνα
Urban Grid Pattern
Basin Dense Infill & Archaeological Walkway
Estimated Road Ways
34,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
37.85, 23.60 to 38.12, 23.85
Primary Arterial Corridors
Panepistimiou, Stadiou, Leoforos Vasilissis Sofias, Attiki Odos Motorway
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Athens roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Athens', {
minLength: 2, // Filter micro segments
includeLabels: true // Minimalist typography
});
console.log(res.svg); // Clean XML <path> markup
Supports iframe postMessage bridge for automated pipelines.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does City Roads render Athens roads?
City Roads pulls raw street geometries from OpenStreetMap using the Overpass API or pre-indexed protobuf graphs, rendering them in real time on a high-performance WebGL canvas.
Can I export high-resolution posters of Athens?
Yes! The interactive viewer allows selecting custom background paper hues, ink colors, and exporting vector SVG (infinitely scalable) or print-quality PNG raster snapshots.
Is commercial use permitted?
Map geometries are licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) by OpenStreetMap contributors. You are free to print, plot, and share visualizations with appropriate OSM credit.