Kyoto Road Network Map
Modeled after Tang Dynasty Chang'an in 794 AD, Kyoto preserves a classical cardinal checkerboard street grid bounded by mountains on three sides and dissected by the Kamogawa River.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
京都
Urban Grid Pattern
Classical Ancient Cardinal Grid
Estimated Road Ways
24,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
34.90, 135.65 to 35.10, 135.85
Primary Arterial Corridors
Shijo-dori, Karasuma-dori, Kawaramachi-dori, Horikawa-dori, Oike-dori
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Kyoto roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Kyoto', {
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 Kyoto 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 Kyoto?
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.