Sapporo Road Network Map
Designed in 1871 with assistance from American planners, Sapporo features an exceptionally rare North American orthogonal grid in Japan, bisected east-west by Odori Park.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
札幌
Urban Grid Pattern
Rigid Cardinal Grid & Linear Central Park
Estimated Road Ways
22,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
42.95, 141.20 to 43.18, 141.50
Primary Arterial Corridors
Odori, Ekimae-dori, Soseigawa-dori, Minami 1-jo, Sasson Expressway
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Sapporo roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Sapporo', {
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 Sapporo 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 Sapporo?
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.