Street atlas

Heemstede Drive, Cape Town

Heemstede Drive is a mapped street in Cape Town. The represented road geometry totals about 592 m. Nearby mapped records include shops & services, parks & green spaces.

Mapped length
592 m

Street map

Heemstede Drive
Outline of Heemstede Drive, Cape Town, with nearby directory streets. North is up. Context outlines are from the same release.N ↑

Heemstede Drive at a glance

Place records along this section
3 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Mapped park nearby
90 mPongola Main Park
Mapped supermarket nearby
300 mOK Fram Fresh

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
  • OK Fram FreshSupermarket · 300 m
  • Shell SelectConvenience shop · 460 m
Show all 2 shops & services records
  • OK Fram FreshSupermarket · 300 mSource type: supermarketosm:way:306289263 · object edited 2016-10-31 · -33.88942, 18.66767
  • Shell SelectConvenience shop · 460 mSource type: convenienceosm:node:12344621743 · object edited 2024-11-15 · -33.88983, 18.66405

Parks & green spaces

1 record
  • Pongola Main ParkPark · 90 m
Show all 1 parks & green spaces record
  • Pongola Main ParkPark · 90 mSource type: parkosm:way:1216775424 · object edited 2023-10-19 · -33.89345, 18.66774

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
592 mLength of the represented lines, not a surveyed street length.
Municipal area in OSM
City of Cape TownThe complete displayed geometry lies inside the mapped municipal boundary. Not official municipal verification.
Coverage area
Cape Townpilot area
Province
Western CapeSource-backed territorial context
OSM locality polygon overlaps
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
-33.892683, 18.668180Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Suburb / locality
Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
Nearest OSM place label
Stikland · 105 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 Cape Town 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
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Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

  • Segment e39d5492-b7c3-5f6c-9ec0-d992086c315f · OSM way 35883827
    highway
    residential
    name
    Heemstede Drive
    name:af
    Heemstede Rylaan
  • Segment 80deb8fb-ed2c-5c38-8951-44a4fa4e8d3e · OSM way 35883829
    highway
    residential
    name
    Heemstede Drive
    name:af
    Heemstede Rylaan
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 216e4204-d971-5a0b-9748-6f7fa9298148 · OSM way 35883830
    highway
    residential
    name
    Heemstede Drive
    name:af
    Heemstede Rylaan
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment adcd0450-8cd5-5a1c-848f-8ce0ec73eb7d · OSM way 35883922
    highway
    residential
    name
    Heemstede Drive
    name:af
    Heemstede Rylaan
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 843370ec-9a10-524a-aee3-1df8a08f653d · OSM way 753388712
    highway
    residential
    name
    Heemstede Drive
    name:af
    Heemstede Rylaan
    oneway
    yes

Other names in the source

  • Afrikaans name recorded in OpenStreetMap: Heemstede Rylaan

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.

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  • highway
    • highway=residential · 5 segments · 592 m · ways 35883827, 35883829, 35883830, 35883922, 753388712

    Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 592 m of 592 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
Asphalt 47% · Paved 53%100% of represented geometry

Values vary along the section.

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  • surface
    • surface=asphalt · 3 segments · 277 m · ways 35883827, 35883830, 35883922
    • surface=paved · 2 segments · 315 m · ways 35883829, 753388712

    Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 592 m of 592 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.

Traffic direction
One-way tag on 87% of the mapped length; 13% not recorded87% 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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  • oneway
    • oneway=yes · 4 segments · 514 m · ways 35883829, 35883830, 35883922, 753388712

    Recorded on 4 of 5 mapped segments; 1 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 514 m of 592 m (86.8%). Unknown: 78 m (13.2%).

Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

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

Mapped speed limit
15 km/h 47% · 30 km/h 53%100% of represented geometry

Mapped value — not live traffic guidance

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  • maxspeed
    • maxspeed=15 · 3 segments · 277 m · ways 35883827, 35883830, 35883922
    • maxspeed=30 · 2 segments · 315 m · ways 35883829, 753388712

    Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 592 m of 592 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.

Pavements
Unknown

No sidewalk tag recorded

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  • sidewalk

    No value in the source.

    Recorded on 0 of 5 mapped segments; 5 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 592 m (0.0%). Unknown: 592 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 Heemstede Drive?

The mapped section is in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

What is the postcode of Heemstede Drive?

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.

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.