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.
Fingers CrossedCafe
180 mTranquilityTakeaway
490 m
Show all 2 food & drink records
Show all 1 shops & services record
Botanical Gardens BookstoreBooksosm:node:6169958662 · object edited 2025-02-24 · -26.15501, 28.00006 200 m
Roosevelt High SchoolSchool
140 mJapanese School of JohannesburgSchool
360 mJapanese 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 mJapanese School of JohannesburgSchoolosm:way:1283906573 · object edited 2025-12-09 · -26.15065, 28.00017 360 mJapanese School of JohannesburgSchoolosm:node:4099796067 · object edited 2024-03-22 · -26.15037, 28.00047 400 m
Parks & green spaces
6 records
Herb GardensPark
160 mRose GardensGarden
330 mSucculent GardensPark
270 m
Show all 6 parks & green spaces records
- 160 m
- 270 m
- 330 m
- 340 m
- 350 m
Johannesburg Botanical GardensParkosm:way:23019683 · object edited 2024-03-22 · -26.15911, 28.00088 350 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 directoryConnected 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
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
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
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
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Pavements
- Unknown
Tag details and coverage
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.