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City Roads – Draw all roads in a city at once

anvaka.github.io Tools, games & demos Visualizations & maps Society & policy Class of 2024-12 Hall of Fame
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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 3 of them.

submissions
5
submitters
5
observed span
2020–2024
peak thread · 143 comments
668 pts
latest 20+ return · 2024-12-21
471 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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Hey there, I'm the author of the tool! Just wanted to thank you for the comments, feedback and shares! I 'm very happy! PS: If you liked that project you may find my other stuff interesting: https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Aanvaka%20min_retweets%3A... - it's just a hobby but I love it :D

anvaka·668-point thread·

Would be nicer if it would distinguish (just varying line thickness) between footpaths, roads, highways etc. Many European cities look messy in this view. IMO, prettymaps is quite a bit better: https://github.com/marceloprates/prettymaps

I'm impressed that it worked so smoothly after I entered Tokyo. Fully expected my phone's browser to crash at any time as it proceeded to download 34MB of data. Scrolling and zooming didn't even stutter. I've done a thing with the same base idea in the past, and absolutely love the style of those things, especially if there are enough roads available to get a more dense shape: https://christian.rinjes.me/posts/2020-11-25-tokyo-street-ar...

zeeZ·173-point thread·

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Breakout years
3

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
1322

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
232

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2020-01-21Draw all roads in a city at oncePanMan60
2020-01-22City Roads – Draw all roads in a city at onceFirst breakout · Best threadjordinebot668143
2021-06-06City roads – This website renders every single road within a citythunderbong17330
2023-05-15Render every single road in any city at oncequyleanh40
2024-12-21City Roads: A tool to draw all roads in a city at onceHall induction · Latest 20+ point returngaws47159