These Beautiful Maps Show How Similarly City Streets are Arranged These gloriously rich maps, dripping in trippy neon color, are more insightful than they may first appear—because their hue actually reveal similarities in the way city streets are oriented. Made by Stephen Von Worley, the maps reveals similarities—and differences!—in town planning, from monotonous grid iron to quirky organic sprawl. He explains: Thats every public street, colored by the predominant orientation of itself and its neighbors, thickened where the layout is most grid-like – to use an old-school woodworking metaphor, its as if we brushed some digital lacquer over the raw geographic transportation network data to make the grain pop. There are interactive maps for San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Tokyo and more over on his site. New York, above, is interesting: look at the repetition in Manhattan, which only breaks at the southern tip and is in stark contrast to Brooklyn. But if you want a real mess, check out London, at the bottom. Youd wonder how anyone found their way around! If youre interested, he also explains the code behind the maps in some detail—or you could just stare at them, all day long, transfixed. Your call! [Data Pointed] ift.tt/1DeR3pa
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:34:31 +0000
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