Venice Road Network Map
Venice is the world's most famous car-free historic city, built across 118 lagoon islands connected by over 400 stone footbridges along the serpentine Grand Canal.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Venezia
Urban Grid Pattern
Serpentine Waterways & Footpaths
Estimated Road Ways
4,200+ (Pedestrian Calli)
Geographic Bounding Box
45.41, 12.28 to 45.46, 12.37
Primary Arterial Corridors
Strada Nova, Mercerie, Riva degli Schiavoni, Ponte di Rialto axis
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Venice roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Venice', {
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 Venice 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 Venice?
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.