Cape Town Road Network Map
Framed by Table Mountain and two oceans, Cape Town features dramatic scenic mountain passes, coastal drives along Chapman's Peak, and City Bowl street grids.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Cape Town
Urban Grid Pattern
Mountain Amphitheatre & Peninsula Drives
Estimated Road Ways
32,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
-34.15, 18.30 to -33.75, 18.65
Primary Arterial Corridors
Long Street, Nelson Mandela Boulevard, Chapman's Peak Drive, N1 / N2 Freeways
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Cape Town roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Cape Town', {
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 Cape Town 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 Cape Town?
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.