San Diego Road Network Map
San Diego's roads weave through undulating coastal mesas, steep chaparral canyons, and Pacific beaches, linked to Coronado Island by its graceful curved bridge.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
San Diego
Urban Grid Pattern
Canyon-Curvilinear & Mesa Grids
Estimated Road Ways
36,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
32.53, -117.30 to 33.10, -116.90
Primary Arterial Corridors
Broadway, Harbor Drive, I-5 Freeway, Mission Boulevard, Balboa Park Drives
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract San Diego roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('San Diego', {
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 San Diego 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 San Diego?
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.