Street atlas

Magda Street, Cape Town

Magda Street is a mapped street in Cape Town. The represented road geometry totals about 440 m. Nearby mapped records include shops & services, education.

Mapped length
440 m

Street map

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

Magda Street at a glance

Place records along this section
2 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Mapped school nearby
120 mKalkfontein Primary School
Mapped supermarket nearby
390 mU-Save

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

1 record
  • U-SaveSupermarket · 390 m
Show all 1 shops & services record
  • U-SaveSupermarket · 390 mSource type: supermarketosm:node:1709666582 · object edited 2012-04-10 · -33.93834, 18.66587

Education

1 record
  • Kalkfontein Primary SchoolSchool · 120 m
Show all 1 education record
  • Kalkfontein Primary SchoolSchool · 120 mSource type: schoolosm:way:751328411 · object edited 2024-10-01 · -33.94280, 18.67055

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
440 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
-33.942378, 18.669200Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Suburb / locality
Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
Nearest OSM place label
Alora · 410 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 0bd47ec1-3575-5125-9ecb-a16dba9da29c · OSM way 34998639
    highway
    residential
    name
    Magda Street
  • Segment 3cdc75d9-7d21-5d5d-9bce-0b6642e73e0b · OSM way 34998650
    highway
    residential
    name
    Magda Street
  • Segment b059bc8e-7f22-5dd5-9288-1361ade79425 · OSM way 34998658
    highway
    residential
    name
    Magda Street
  • Segment cd0bdcb6-57f3-5dc0-846e-d379a4338cd4 · OSM way 34998660
    highway
    residential
    name
    Magda Street
  • Segment 90424f02-7062-5ec7-9d92-097e52905bb7 · OSM way 34998661
    highway
    residential
    name
    Magda Street
  • Segment 272533ca-b779-509b-83f9-77a0fea48647 · OSM way 34998707
    highway
    residential
    name
    Magda Street
  • Segment 35a5ce2f-9407-5cc6-88d0-77d80ba68317 · OSM way 34998711
    highway
    residential
    name
    Magda Street
  • Segment 07fd21b0-04ab-5582-b1f9-c655d8552b6a · OSM way 34998717
    highway
    residential
    name
    Magda Street
  • Segment 5c7ec873-1c48-51fb-8bbc-52e9b93d2f91 · OSM way 34998729
    highway
    residential
    name
    Magda Street

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

Shortest distance between mapped geometries, not a walking distance.

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 · 9 segments · 440 m · ways 34998639, 34998650, 34998658, 34998660, 34998661, 34998707, 34998711, 34998717, 34998729

    Recorded on 9 of 9 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 440 m of 440 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 61% · Paved 39%100% of represented geometry

Values vary along the section.

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  • surface
    • surface=asphalt · 1 segment · 267 m · ways 34998639
    • surface=paved · 8 segments · 173 m · ways 34998650, 34998658, 34998660, 34998661, 34998707, 34998711, 34998717, 34998729

    Recorded on 9 of 9 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 440 m of 440 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.

Mapped speed limit
60 km/h100% of represented geometry

Mapped value — not live traffic guidance

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  • maxspeed
    • maxspeed=60 · 9 segments · 440 m · ways 34998639, 34998650, 34998658, 34998660, 34998661, 34998707, 34998711, 34998717, 34998729

    Recorded on 9 of 9 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 440 m of 440 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 9 mapped segments; 9 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 440 m (0.0%). Unknown: 440 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 Magda Street?

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

What is the postcode of Magda Street?

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.