Street atlas

Elsie Road, Johannesburg

Mapped section in Johannesburg, Gauteng. Nearest mapped place in the City of Johannesburg OSM area: Allen's Nek, 653 m from the selected point.

Mapped length
866 m

Street map

Elsie Road
Outline of Elsie Road, Johannesburg, with nearby directory streets. North is up. Context outlines are from the same release.N ↑

Elsie Road at a glance

For Elsie Road in Johannesburg, the road lines shown here total 866 m.

Within 500 m of these lines, the snapshot contains 3 named place records, including 2 in education and 1 in food & drink.

Place records along this section
3 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Mapped school nearby
210 mCharter House Prepratory School

Everyday places nearby

Along this mapped section · within 500 m

Distances are measured in a straight line from the nearest part of the street. Places may be near different sections. Areas use an interior point, not an entrance. These are source records, not unique venues or walking distances. Activity is not corroborated: records come from the September 2026 map snapshot, and an object's edit date does not confirm that a venue operates.

Food & drink

1 record
  • PapachinosRestaurant
    250 m
Show all 1 food & drink record
  • PapachinosRestaurantosm:way:450091294 · object edited 2020-08-06 · -26.11310, 27.91775
    250 m

Education

2 records
  • Charter House Prepratory SchoolSchool
    210 m
  • Charterhouse Private SchoolsSchool
    230 m
Show all 2 education records
  • Charter House Prepratory SchoolSchoolosm:node:7792068660 · object edited 2020-08-06 · -26.11152, 27.91837
    210 m
  • Charterhouse Private SchoolsSchoolosm:way:450090660 · object edited 2025-08-17 · -26.10989, 27.91868
    230 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
866 mLength of the represented lines, not a surveyed street length.
Municipal area in OSM
City of JohannesburgThe complete displayed geometry lies inside the mapped municipal boundary. Not official municipal verification.
Coverage area
Johannesburgpilot area
Province
GautengSource-backed territorial context
Locality
Radiokop (701 m, 81%)Length of the mapped section inside each OSM locality polygon. Overlaps under 20 m or under 5% of the mapped length only touch the edge. Not an official boundary.
Representative point
-26.113353, 27.914514Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Nearest mapped place
Allen's Nek · 653 mNamed OSM place point inside the City of Johannesburg OSM area nearest to the representative point; proximity does not establish suburb membership.
Section scope
Mapped section shownThe street may continue beyond this mapped section. No completeness is claimed.
Street-delivery postal code
Not verifiedStreet delivery and PO Box codes require separate evidence. Evidence details

Confirmed connections

No road connections have been verified for this section in the current sample.

Nearby streets

Shortest distance between mapped geometries, not a walking distance.

The road profile

Mapped road classification
Residential on all mapped lines

This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use.

Tag details and coverage
  • highway
    • highway=residential · 7 segments · 866 m

    Recorded on 7 of 7 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 866 m of 866 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Road surface
Asphalt on all mapped lines
Tag details and coverage
  • surface
    • surface=asphalt · 7 segments · 866 m

    Recorded on 7 of 7 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 866 m of 866 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Recorded on 7 of 7 mapped segments.

Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Traffic direction
One-way tag on 13% of the mapped length; 87% not recorded

Tags describe individual mapped segments. They do not establish one traffic direction for the whole street: separate carriageways can be mapped as separate one-way lines, and untagged lines are unknown, not two-way.

Tag details and coverage
  • oneway
    • oneway=yes · 4 segments · 109 m

    Recorded on 4 of 7 mapped segments; 3 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 109 m of 866 m (12.6%). Unknown: 757 m (87.4%).

Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Pavements
Unknown
Tag details and coverage
  • sidewalk

    No value in the source.

    Recorded on 0 of 7 mapped segments; 7 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 866 m (0.0%). Unknown: 866 m (100.0%).

Values apply to their individual tagged segments and sides. Left and right follow the direction of each individual source way; they are not a single orientation for the whole street. An explicit no means no pavement on the tagged segment or side; a missing tag is unknown, and separate means a pavement mapped independently.

Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Other documented areas

Questions about this street

Is Elsie Road a one-way street?

This map data does not establish a single traffic direction for the Elsie Road section shown in Johannesburg. Recorded tags: One-way tag on 13% of the mapped length; 87% not recorded. Tags describe individual mapped segments. They do not establish one traffic direction for the whole street: separate carriageways can be mapped as separate one-way lines, and untagged lines are unknown, not two-way. Check road signs on site before driving.

Does the map show the whole of Elsie Road?

It shows the mapped section in this directory: 866 m of road lines in Johannesburg. The street may continue beyond this mapped section. No completeness is claimed. Line length is not a surveyed street length.

Where are nearby distances measured from?

The lists on this page measure a straight line from the nearest part of the whole mapped section: places within 500 m and passenger transport within 1 km. Two listed places can therefore be near opposite ends. The interactive map instead counts records around one selected point on the street, including transport, so its totals differ. None of these are walking distances.

Author, data sources & methodology

Edited by Yoel Castaño Peón for Callejear South Africa. Methodology · Sources & licences.

Map and geographic data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Extracts provided by Geofabrik.

Data snapshot: September 2026. Snapshot details.

Name, outline & road tags
Recorded in OpenStreetMapSource records, not an on-site survey by Callejear.
Length, proximity & localities
CalculatedMeasurements and spatial relationships from the source geometry.
Street identity
Source-supportedSegments grouped by name, city, shared nodes and compatible level.
Municipal corroboration
Not verifiedNot cross-checked against municipal street data.
Page text
Template-generatedAssembled by templates from source records and automated checks; individual human review of this page is pending.
Coverage notes
  • This outline describes recorded map geometry, not current access, safety or navigation conditions.
  • Missing places and connections may be absent from this selected sample. No completeness is claimed.