London Road Network Map
Evolving organically over two millennia from Roman Londinium, London's road network has no single master grid. Instead, it forms an intricate tapestry of curved lanes and historic arterial post roads.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
London
Urban Grid Pattern
Organic Medieval / Concentric Rings
Estimated Road Ways
70,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
51.29, -0.51 to 51.69, 0.33
Primary Arterial Corridors
Oxford Street, Piccadilly, Strand, Regent Street, M25 Motorway
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract London roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('London', {
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 London 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 London?
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.