Beijing Road Network Map
Beijing features an ancient north-south central imperial axis complemented by monumental nested concentric ring roads (2nd through 6th Ring Roads) and traditional rectangular hutong alley grids.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
北京
Urban Grid Pattern
Cardinal Grid & Nested Concentric Rings
Estimated Road Ways
55,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
39.69, 116.10 to 40.18, 116.72
Primary Arterial Corridors
Chang'an Avenue, 2nd-6th Ring Roads, Badaling Expressway, Jianguomenwai Avenue
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Beijing roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Beijing', {
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 Beijing 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 Beijing?
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.