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spatch(Update: You can view a larger version of the picture and order prints at http://cambooth.net/interstatemap/. It is quite nifty!)
I want this on a huge print and I want it now:
The Eisenhower Interstate Highway System in the style of H.C. Beck's iconic London Underground map. Whoo doggies is it a nice'un. State highways and three-digit routes are not included, which is why cities like Pittsburgh aren't represented (I-79 runs thru Pittsburgh, but it intersects with I-76 well north of the city.)
But just LOOK at it! Dear God, just LOOK! That's cool!
It's fascinating to see the changes of density between the East Coast/Midwest and the West Coast/Rockies. (The Density Disparity?) It's no surprise at all, but fascinating. Somehow the way it's presented as simply as it on this map turns out to be really effective.
I want this on a huge print and I want it now:
The Eisenhower Interstate Highway System in the style of H.C. Beck's iconic London Underground map. Whoo doggies is it a nice'un. State highways and three-digit routes are not included, which is why cities like Pittsburgh aren't represented (I-79 runs thru Pittsburgh, but it intersects with I-76 well north of the city.)
But just LOOK at it! Dear God, just LOOK! That's cool!
It's fascinating to see the changes of density between the East Coast/Midwest and the West Coast/Rockies. (The Density Disparity?) It's no surprise at all, but fascinating. Somehow the way it's presented as simply as it on this map turns out to be really effective.
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Date: 2010-08-15 08:51 pm (UTC)I'm reminded of "You know you're from Ohio...when you have to drive on the Interstate every time you go out to buy milk"
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Date: 2010-08-15 09:11 pm (UTC)and makes sense for a direction-impaired person like me
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Date: 2010-08-15 09:27 pm (UTC)That is pretty awesome.
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Date: 2010-08-15 09:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-15 10:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-15 10:25 pm (UTC)Have you seen that we have a similar thing for buses now? Not the whole system, but a different spider map (http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=3434) for each stop showing the complete routes of nearby buses. Works really well, plus "spider map" is a cool-sounding name.
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Date: 2010-08-15 10:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-15 10:44 pm (UTC)@preysz: This isn't the real railway network as a subway map, but this is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/senexprime/4785807080/
Both all my own work.
Cheers,
Cameron
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Date: 2010-08-16 04:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-16 12:52 pm (UTC)I guess what I actually meant to say was "if only our national passenger rail system was as extensive, cheap, and easy to use as our interstate highway system."
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Date: 2010-08-15 11:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-15 11:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-16 12:18 am (UTC)