Edinburgh Road Network Map
Edinburgh presents a dramatic dual urban character: the medieval Royal Mile sloping down an extinct volcanic crag, contrasted with James Craig's 1767 neoclassical New Town grid.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Edinburgh
Urban Grid Pattern
Volcanic Sloping Ridge / Neoclassical Grid
Estimated Road Ways
12,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
55.88, -3.35 to 56.02, -3.05
Primary Arterial Corridors
Princes Street, Royal Mile, George Street, Queen Street, Lothian Road
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Edinburgh roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Edinburgh', {
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 Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh?
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.