Istanbul Road Network Map
Bridging Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul links historic Roman/Byzantine hills with transcontinental suspension bridges (Bosphorus, FSM, Yavuz Sultan Selim).
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
İstanbul
Urban Grid Pattern
Intercontinental Straits & Seven Hills Organic
Estimated Road Ways
68,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
40.85, 28.60 to 41.25, 29.35
Primary Arterial Corridors
İstiklal Avenue, Bağdat Avenue, D100 Highway, Bosphorus Bridge, O-1 Motorway
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Istanbul roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Istanbul', {
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 Istanbul 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 Istanbul?
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.