Shepherd Avenue at a glance
- Place records along this section
- 5 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
- Mapped park nearby
- 480 mBryanston Park
- Mapped school nearby
- 80 mSandton Junior School
- Mapped supermarket nearby
- 370 mWoolworths
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.
Shops & services
2 records
Show all 2 shops & services records
WoolworthsSupermarket · 370 mSource type: supermarketosm:node:1642882786 · object edited 2012-02-22 · -26.08082, 27.99733 SparSupermarket · 440 mSource type: supermarketosm:node:1642882791 · object edited 2021-05-05 · -26.08150, 27.99740
Show all 2 education records
Sandton Junior SchoolSchool · 80 mSource type: schoolosm:way:700029114 · object edited 2019-06-27 · -26.06766, 28.00443 Randburg Clinic SchoolSchool · 480 mSource type: schoolosm:way:1422900960 · object edited 2025-08-17 · -26.08036, 27.99952
Parks & green spaces
1 record
Show all 1 parks & green spaces record
Bryanston ParkPark · 480 mSource type: parkosm:way:264241546 · object edited 2014-03-03 · -26.07206, 27.99343
Street facts
- Mapped geometry length
- 1.91 kmLength 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
- OSM locality polygon overlaps
- Bryanston (1.49 km, 78%)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
- -26.067764, 28.003198Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
- Suburb / locality
- Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
- Nearest OSM place label
- Vandia Grove · 853 mThis is the nearest mapped OSM place label and does not determine suburb or administrative membership. Measured from the representative point inside the City of Johannesburg OSM area.
- 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
View technical evidence
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
- Segment d0590e4e-a5f3-56a5-9fad-dca8bfef52d2 · OSM way 10566884
highway- residential
name- Shepherd Avenue
- Segment 5efb1d5c-8365-5a21-bc26-324388753afd · OSM way 10567369
highway- residential
name- Shepherd Avenue
- Segment 05ba8d91-f3ad-5af5-acb6-9a2d91dbdc4e · OSM way 641313444
highway- residential
name- Shepherd Avenue
- Segment d53d4010-1ac0-531e-b4f6-962fcbacc332 · OSM way 641313446
highway- residential
name- Shepherd Avenue
- Segment 70803fb7-0d2c-5953-b9d4-e84ab67cd922 · OSM way 641313447
highway- residential
name- Shepherd Avenue
- Segment 60d06c49-004c-5352-813d-ce5bc7d4b884 · OSM way 641341900
highway- residential
name- Shepherd Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment 8f784ef6-14f9-5666-ae40-da09c59a849c · OSM way 641341901
highway- residential
name- Shepherd Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment 23d86150-df15-5d6f-bcfa-79a4811bf573 · OSM way 949603411
highway- residential
name- Shepherd Avenue
Connections
Mapped topology
No road connections are verified from the mapped topology in the current dataset.
Documented connections
No documented connections have been added from official sources.
Nearby streets
Nearby streets have not been established for this section. This does not mean there are none.
The road profile
- Mapped road classification
- Residential100% of represented geometry
This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use.
View technical evidence
highwayhighway=residential · 8 segments · 1,913 m · ways 10566884, 10567369, 641313444, 641313446, 641313447, 641341900, 641341901, 949603411
Recorded on 8 of 8 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,913 m of 1,913 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Road surface
- Asphalt100% of represented geometry
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surfacesurface=asphalt · 8 segments · 1,913 m · ways 10566884, 10567369, 641313444, 641313446, 641313447, 641341900, 641341901, 949603411
Recorded on 8 of 8 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,913 m of 1,913 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Recorded on 8 of 8 mapped segments.
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Traffic direction
- One-way tag on 9% of the mapped length; 91% not recorded9% of represented geometry
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.
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onewayoneway=yes · 2 segments · 172 m · ways 641341900, 641341901
Recorded on 2 of 8 mapped segments; 6 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 172 m of 1,913 m (9.0%). Unknown: 1,741 m (91.0%).
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Pavements
- Unknown
No sidewalk tag recorded
View technical evidence
sidewalkNo value in the source.
Recorded on 0 of 8 mapped segments; 8 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 1,913 m (0.0%). Unknown: 1,913 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.
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
Questions about this street
Where is Shepherd Avenue?
The mapped section is in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
What is the postcode of Shepherd Avenue?
A street-wide delivery postcode has not been independently verified in the current dataset.
Where are nearby distances measured from?
Page lists measure a straight line from the nearest part of the whole mapped geometry: 500 m for places and 1 km for passenger transport. The interactive map measures from one selected point, so its counts differ. Neither is a walking distance.