Los Angeles Road Network Map
Los Angeles represents the quintessential 20th-century automobile metropolis, spanning hundreds of square miles connected by iconic multi-stack freeway interchanges.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Los Angeles
Urban Grid Pattern
Sprawling Basin Grid & Freeway Matrix
Estimated Road Ways
82,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
33.70, -118.67 to 34.34, -118.16
Primary Arterial Corridors
Wilshire Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, I-405, US-101
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Los Angeles roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Los Angeles', {
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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles?
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.