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Indonesian street network morphology — the driving network and the walking network, measured separately for the same place.

Kota Tua · Jakarta Barat · Colonial grid

r = 800 m · 36 bin · Footway coverage 10.5% · thin

Kota Tua

Jakarta Barat · Colonial grid

The seventeenth-century Batavia canal-and-block plan, still legible under the present streets.

Read the two columns below as two readings of the same data rather than as a gap that can yet be concluded from. The gang here are not mapped densely enough for that.

Drive

44.1 km · 164 intersections/km²

Fig. 1 · r = 800 m — The drivable network inside the sampling disc. Uniform ink, no road-class hierarchy, no basemap: the shape is the subject.
NDrive · 355°–5° · 2.0%Drive · 5°–15° · 0.6%Drive · 15°–25° · 0.6%Drive · 25°–35° · 0.3%Drive · 35°–45° · 0.3%Drive · 45°–55° · 0.2%Drive · 55°–65° · 0.6%Drive · 65°–75° · 10.8%Drive · 75°–85° · 9.2%Drive · 85°–95° · 1.5%Drive · 95°–105° · 1.5%Drive · 105°–115° · 1.0%Drive · 115°–125° · 2.9%Drive · 125°–135° · 1.1%Drive · 135°–145° · 0.4%Drive · 145°–155° · 0.5%Drive · 155°–165° · 8.3%Drive · 165°–175° · 8.2%Drive · 175°–185° · 2.0%Drive · 185°–195° · 0.6%Drive · 195°–205° · 0.6%Drive · 205°–215° · 0.3%Drive · 215°–225° · 0.3%Drive · 225°–235° · 0.2%Drive · 235°–245° · 0.6%Drive · 245°–255° · 10.8%Drive · 255°–265° · 9.2%Drive · 265°–275° · 1.5%Drive · 275°–285° · 1.5%Drive · 285°–295° · 1.0%Drive · 295°–305° · 2.9%Drive · 305°–315° · 1.1%Drive · 315°–325° · 0.4%Drive · 325°–335° · 0.5%Drive · 335°–345° · 8.3%Drive · 345°–355° · 8.2%
Drive H 2.934 · φ 0.50

Walk

46.7 km · 235 intersections/km²

Fig. 2 · r = 800 m — The walkable network at the same centre, the same disc, the same extract. Every difference from the drawing beside it is the tag mapping, not a different place.
NWalk · 355°–5° · 2.0%Walk · 5°–15° · 0.6%Walk · 15°–25° · 0.7%Walk · 25°–35° · 0.5%Walk · 35°–45° · 0.4%Walk · 45°–55° · 0.3%Walk · 55°–65° · 0.7%Walk · 65°–75° · 11.3%Walk · 75°–85° · 7.2%Walk · 85°–95° · 1.7%Walk · 95°–105° · 0.9%Walk · 105°–115° · 0.6%Walk · 115°–125° · 2.2%Walk · 125°–135° · 1.2%Walk · 135°–145° · 0.4%Walk · 145°–155° · 0.5%Walk · 155°–165° · 10.0%Walk · 165°–175° · 8.6%Walk · 175°–185° · 2.0%Walk · 185°–195° · 0.6%Walk · 195°–205° · 0.7%Walk · 205°–215° · 0.5%Walk · 215°–225° · 0.4%Walk · 225°–235° · 0.3%Walk · 235°–245° · 0.7%Walk · 245°–255° · 11.3%Walk · 255°–265° · 7.2%Walk · 265°–275° · 1.7%Walk · 275°–285° · 0.9%Walk · 285°–295° · 0.6%Walk · 295°–305° · 2.2%Walk · 305°–315° · 1.2%Walk · 315°–325° · 0.4%Walk · 325°–335° · 0.5%Walk · 335°–345° · 10.0%Walk · 345°–355° · 8.6%
Walk H 2.910 · φ 0.52

Delta

+7.3

km of network reachable only on foot · 15.7% of the walking network

+71
intersections per km²
−2.7%
Dead-end
−0.024
ΔH · orientation entropy

Both roses overlaid

NWalk · 355°–5° · 2.0%Walk · 5°–15° · 0.6%Walk · 15°–25° · 0.7%Walk · 25°–35° · 0.5%Walk · 35°–45° · 0.4%Walk · 45°–55° · 0.3%Walk · 55°–65° · 0.7%Walk · 65°–75° · 11.3%Walk · 75°–85° · 7.2%Walk · 85°–95° · 1.7%Walk · 95°–105° · 0.9%Walk · 105°–115° · 0.6%Walk · 115°–125° · 2.2%Walk · 125°–135° · 1.2%Walk · 135°–145° · 0.4%Walk · 145°–155° · 0.5%Walk · 155°–165° · 10.0%Walk · 165°–175° · 8.6%Walk · 175°–185° · 2.0%Walk · 185°–195° · 0.6%Walk · 195°–205° · 0.7%Walk · 205°–215° · 0.5%Walk · 215°–225° · 0.4%Walk · 225°–235° · 0.3%Walk · 235°–245° · 0.7%Walk · 245°–255° · 11.3%Walk · 255°–265° · 7.2%Walk · 265°–275° · 1.7%Walk · 275°–285° · 0.9%Walk · 285°–295° · 0.6%Walk · 295°–305° · 2.2%Walk · 305°–315° · 1.2%Walk · 315°–325° · 0.4%Walk · 325°–335° · 0.5%Walk · 335°–345° · 10.0%Walk · 345°–355° · 8.6%Drive · 355°–5° · 2.0%Drive · 5°–15° · 0.6%Drive · 15°–25° · 0.6%Drive · 25°–35° · 0.3%Drive · 35°–45° · 0.3%Drive · 45°–55° · 0.2%Drive · 55°–65° · 0.6%Drive · 65°–75° · 10.8%Drive · 75°–85° · 9.2%Drive · 85°–95° · 1.5%Drive · 95°–105° · 1.5%Drive · 105°–115° · 1.0%Drive · 115°–125° · 2.9%Drive · 125°–135° · 1.1%Drive · 135°–145° · 0.4%Drive · 145°–155° · 0.5%Drive · 155°–165° · 8.3%Drive · 165°–175° · 8.2%Drive · 175°–185° · 2.0%Drive · 185°–195° · 0.6%Drive · 195°–205° · 0.6%Drive · 205°–215° · 0.3%Drive · 215°–225° · 0.3%Drive · 225°–235° · 0.2%Drive · 235°–245° · 0.6%Drive · 245°–255° · 10.8%Drive · 255°–265° · 9.2%Drive · 265°–275° · 1.5%Drive · 275°–285° · 1.5%Drive · 285°–295° · 1.0%Drive · 295°–305° · 2.9%Drive · 305°–315° · 1.1%Drive · 315°–325° · 0.4%Drive · 325°–335° · 0.5%Drive · 335°–345° · 8.3%Drive · 345°–355° · 8.2%
Drive H 2.934 · φ 0.50Walk H 2.910 · φ 0.52
  • Drive
  • Walk
  • Both

Two readings, one table

Hairlines: every site in the set, both modes. Marks: this site. A position, not a value — neither end is better.

Kota Tua: driving and walking network metrics, their difference, and their position among 33 sites.
MetricDriveWalkDeltaPosition among 33 sites
Orientation entropynat2.9342.910−0.024Drive: position 7 of 33; Walk: position 6 of 33, when the set is sorted by this metric, smallest first.
H / H max0.8190.812−0.007Drive: position 7 of 33; Walk: position 6 of 33, when the set is sorted by this metric, smallest first.
φ orientation-order0.5040.519+0.015Drive: position 27 of 33; Walk: position 28 of 33, when the set is sorted by this metric, smallest first.
Circuitysampled1.5891.445−0.144Drive: position 22 of 33; Walk: position 16 of 33, when the set is sorted by this metric, smallest first.
Average node degree2.242.34+0.10Drive: position 10 of 33; Walk: position 7 of 33, when the set is sorted by this metric, smallest first.
Four-way3.8%6.1%+2.3%Drive: position 8 of 33; Walk: position 13 of 33, when the set is sorted by this metric, smallest first.
Dead-end26.2%23.5%−2.7%Drive: position 11 of 33; Walk: position 12 of 33, when the set is sorted by this metric, smallest first.
Intersection density164 /km²235 /km²+71 /km²Drive: position 19 of 33; Walk: position 17 of 33, when the set is sorted by this metric, smallest first.
Median segment length34 m28 m−6 mDrive: position 11 of 33; Walk: position 13 of 33, when the set is sorted by this metric, smallest first.
Network length44.1 km46.7 km+2.6 kmDrive: position 28 of 33; Walk: position 16 of 33, when the set is sorted by this metric, smallest first.

H is in nats — the natural-log unit of information. That is why its maximum is ln 36 ≈ 3.584 rather than log₂ 36.

Circuity is an estimate: network distance over straight-line distance, averaged across a seeded sample of node pairs rather than across all of them. Drive: 412 pairs sampled · 79 pairs unreachable.Walk: 424 pairs sampled · 67 pairs unreachable. Pairs with no route between them at all are excluded from the mean. A large count means this network is fragmented — a signal about the data, not about the place.

Each street segment’s bearing goes into one of 36 bins of 10°, weighted by length: a 500 m road counts ten times a 50 m gang. Bar length is the share of network length running that way, not a count of segments. The rose is always 180°-symmetric, because one segment traversed both ways differs by exactly 180°. Boeing 2019 §3

Fig. 3 · r = 800 m

What walking adds

Ink: the edges that exist only in the walking network. Hairline: the network both modes share. Membership is decided by the tag mapping — an edge counts as walk-only when the OSM way it came from is not admitted to the driving network.
Walk-only length
7.3 km
Share of walking network
15.7%

Where these numbers come from

Drive

Nodes
715
Edges
800
Intersections (degree ≥ 3)
330
Disc area
2.01 km²
Intersection density
164 /km²
Rose weighted length
88.2 km
Per-edge circuity
1.024

Walk

Nodes
924
Edges
1080
Intersections (degree ≥ 3)
473
Disc area
2.01 km²
Intersection density
235 /km²
Rose weighted length
93.5 km
Per-edge circuity
1.026

The intermediate values the column above is built from. Intersection density is the intersection count over the disc area; the weighted length is the denominator that turns a rose bar into a share. Two different circuity measures: the per-edge one compares each segment against its own chord, the sampled one compares distances between junctions. The first measures how much streets bend, the second how far out of your way the network takes you.

Rose as a table — 36 bins — Kota Tua
Share of network length per 10° bearing bin, for drive and walk.
BinBearing rangeP — DriveP — Walk−P·ln P−P·ln P
00355°–5°1.97%2.00%0.07740.0783
015°–15°0.60%0.62%0.03060.0315
0215°–25°0.61%0.75%0.03110.0366
0325°–35°0.30%0.47%0.01730.0252
0435°–45°0.32%0.38%0.01840.0212
0545°–55°0.23%0.27%0.01370.0162
0655°–65°0.64%0.66%0.03210.0330
0765°–75°10.77%11.31%0.24010.2465
0875°–85°9.15%7.24%0.21880.1900
0985°–95°1.47%1.73%0.06210.0702
1095°–105°1.52%0.94%0.06370.0439
11105°–115°1.02%0.63%0.04680.0319
12115°–125°2.88%2.23%0.10210.0849
13125°–135°1.15%1.21%0.05140.0535
14135°–145°0.42%0.42%0.02290.0229
15145°–155°0.53%0.52%0.02780.0275
16155°–165°8.27%10.02%0.20610.2306
17165°–175°8.16%8.59%0.20440.2109
18175°–185°1.97%2.00%0.07740.0783
19185°–195°0.60%0.62%0.03060.0315
20195°–205°0.61%0.75%0.03110.0366
21205°–215°0.30%0.47%0.01730.0252
22215°–225°0.32%0.38%0.01840.0212
23225°–235°0.23%0.27%0.01370.0162
24235°–245°0.64%0.66%0.03210.0330
25245°–255°10.77%11.31%0.24010.2465
26255°–265°9.15%7.24%0.21880.1900
27265°–275°1.47%1.73%0.06210.0702
28275°–285°1.52%0.94%0.06370.0439
29285°–295°1.02%0.63%0.04680.0319
30295°–305°2.88%2.23%0.10210.0849
31305°–315°1.15%1.21%0.05140.0535
32315°–325°0.42%0.42%0.02290.0229
33325°–335°0.53%0.52%0.02780.0275
34335°–345°8.27%10.02%0.20610.2306
35345°–355°8.16%8.59%0.20440.2109
Sum = H2.9342.910

The last column is each bin’s term in H = −Σ P(i)·ln P(i). Add the thirty-six of them and you get the H printed under the rose. An empty bin contributes zero.

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Data jalan © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. Basis data turunan ini ditawarkan dengan lisensi yang sama. · Boeing, G. 2019. Urban Spatial Order: Street Network Orientation, Configuration, and Entropy. Applied Network Science 4(1):67.