Rome Road Network Map
Rome's road geometry still traces ancient consular highways radiating outward from the Capitoline Hill to all corners of the Roman Empire, bound together by the modern Grande Raccordo Anulare (GRA) orbital motorway.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Roma
Urban Grid Pattern
Ancient Radial Consular / Topographic
Estimated Road Ways
32,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
41.77, 12.33 to 42.02, 12.65
Primary Arterial Corridors
Via del Corso, Via Appia Antica, Via Nazionale, Via Flaminia, GRA Orbital
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Rome roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Rome', {
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 Rome 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 Rome?
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.