City Roads – Draw all roads in a city at once (anvaka.github.io)

Article summary

The article discusses a tool that renders city roads, but the article text is not available. The comments reveal that the tool uses OpenStreetMap data and can render roads for various cities, with some limitations and potential for improvement. The tool's speed and rendering quality are notable, but it may not work well for smaller cities or rural areas. The comments also discuss potential features and improvements, such as exporting maps as SVG or DWG files.

Main themes

• city road rendering
• OpenStreetMap data
• tool performance and limitations
• potential features and improvements
• customization options
• data quality and inconsistencies
• use cases beyond visualization
• export and sharing options

What commenters say

• The tool is useful for rendering city roads, but may not work well for smaller cities or rural areas.
• The inclusion of foot paths and other non-motorized routes in the rendering is a point of debate, with some arguing for their removal and others finding them useful.
• The tool's speed and performance are impressive, but may be affected by the load on the Overpass API.
• Some users have suggested additional features, such as exporting maps as SVG or DWG files, or rendering additional areas around city limits.
• The tool's potential uses extend beyond mere visualization, and could include debugging missing areas in OpenStreetMap or studying network flow and disease propagation.
• The rendering of driveways and other small roads is sometimes inconsistent, and may depend on the quality of the underlying OpenStreetMap data.
• The tool's customization options are limited, but some users have suggested adding features such as checkboxes for toggling different types of roads or paths.
• The experimental SVG export feature is a welcome addition, but may not be immediately apparent to all users.