Guangzhou Road Network Map
Guangzhou's street layout follows the meandering Pearl River, blending historic arcade-lined Lingnan streets with the monumental modern Tianhe CBD axis facing Canton Tower.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
广州
Urban Grid Pattern
River Axis & Concentric Delta Expressways
Estimated Road Ways
52,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
22.95, 113.10 to 23.35, 113.55
Primary Arterial Corridors
Zhongshan Road, Tianhe Road, Dongfeng Road, Guangzhou Avenue, Ring Expressway
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Guangzhou roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Guangzhou', {
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 Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou?
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.