Street atlas

Thomas Bowler Street, Johannesburg

Mapped section in Johannesburg, Gauteng. Nearest mapped place in the City of Johannesburg OSM area: Montgomery Park, 901 m from the selected point.

Mapped length
855 m
Connected street names in this directory
3

Street map

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

Thomas Bowler Street at a glance

For Thomas Bowler Street in Johannesburg, the road lines shown here total 855 m. This section connects to 3 street names in this directory.

Within 500 m of these lines, the snapshot contains 13 named place records, including 6 in parks & green spaces and 3 in education.

Place records along this section
13 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Mapped park nearby
160 mHerb Gardens
Mapped pitch nearby
90 mResidential area
Mapped school nearby
140 mRoosevelt High 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

2 records
  • Fingers CrossedCafe
    180 m
  • TranquilityTakeaway
    490 m
Show all 2 food & drink records

Shops & services

1 record
  • Botanical Gardens BookstoreBooks
    200 m
Show all 1 shops & services record
  • Botanical Gardens BookstoreBooksosm:node:6169958662 · object edited 2025-02-24 · -26.15501, 28.00006
    200 m

Education

3 records
  • Roosevelt High SchoolSchool
    140 m
  • Japanese School of JohannesburgSchool
    360 m
  • Japanese School of JohannesburgSchool
    400 m
Show all 3 education records
  • Roosevelt High SchoolSchoolosm:way:656709703 · object edited 2020-08-12 · -26.15431, 27.99677
    140 m
  • Japanese School of JohannesburgSchoolosm:way:1283906573 · object edited 2025-12-09 · -26.15065, 28.00017
    360 m
  • Japanese School of JohannesburgSchoolosm:node:4099796067 · object edited 2024-03-22 · -26.15037, 28.00047
    400 m

Parks & green spaces

6 records
  • Herb GardensPark
    160 m
  • Rose GardensGarden
    330 m
  • Succulent GardensPark
    270 m
Show all 6 parks & green spaces records
  • Herb GardensParkosm:node:6169958665 · object edited 2018-12-29 · -26.15267, 27.99974
    160 m
  • Succulent GardensParkosm:node:6169958664 · object edited 2018-12-29 · -26.15430, 28.00090
    270 m
  • Rose GardensGardenosm:node:6169958666 · object edited 2023-05-10 · -26.15200, 28.00118
    330 m
  • Prehisotric GardensParkosm:node:9959935754 · object edited 2022-08-17 · -26.15290, 28.00163
    340 m
  • Shakespear GardensParkosm:node:6169958474 · object edited 2018-12-29 · -26.15245, 28.00159
    350 m
  • Johannesburg Botanical GardensParkosm:way:23019683 · object edited 2024-03-22 · -26.15911, 28.00088
    350 m

Sport & fitness

1 record
  • Residential areaSports pitch
    90 m
Show all 1 sport & fitness record
  • Residential areaSports pitchosm:way:407957596 · object edited 2024-06-25 · -26.15392, 27.99737
    90 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
855 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
Not verifiedLength 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
-26.160317, 27.996796Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Nearest mapped place
Montgomery Park · 901 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

3 street names in this directory

Connected sections in this directory share source nodes at compatible levels. Junctions with streets outside this directory are not listed. Names appear once here; nearby sections are listed separately below.

Nearby streets

Nearby streets have not been established for this section. This does not mean there are none.

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 · 6 segments · 855 m

    Recorded on 6 of 6 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 855 m of 855 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 59% of the mapped length; 41% not recorded
Tag details and coverage
  • surface
    • surface=asphalt · 4 segments · 504 m

    Recorded on 4 of 6 mapped segments; 2 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 503 m of 855 m (58.9%). Unknown: 351 m (41.1%).

Recorded on 4 of 6 mapped segments.

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

Traffic direction
Two-way tag on 41% of the mapped length; 59% 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=no · 2 segments · 351 m

    Recorded on 2 of 6 mapped segments; 4 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 351 m of 855 m (41.1%). Unknown: 503 m (58.9%).

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

Mapped speed limit
60 km/h on 99% of the mapped length; 1% not recorded

Speed-limit data is missing for 1 of 6 segments.

Tag details and coverage
  • maxspeed
    • maxspeed=60 · 5 segments · 845 m

    Recorded on 5 of 6 mapped segments; 1 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 845 m of 855 m (98.9%). Unknown: 9 m (1.1%).

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 6 mapped segments; 6 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 855 m (0.0%). Unknown: 855 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.

Questions about this street

Is Thomas Bowler Street a one-way street?

This map data does not establish a single traffic direction for the Thomas Bowler Street section shown in Johannesburg. Recorded tags: Two-way tag on 41% of the mapped length; 59% 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 Thomas Bowler Street?

It shows the mapped section in this directory: 855 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.