San Francisco, from Ben Fry’s “All Streets”
(via Chris Heathcote)
One of the things that always fascinates me when I’m driving down a long stretch of rural highway (like, say, California’s Interstate 5—pictured below) is just how much empty space there is in the American West with essentially no roads. This image, from a project by visualization expert Ben Fry, illustrates this in a very dramatic way. Compare this map, which shows streets as the only geographic feature, with his maps of the Great Lakes or Appalachia, and you’ll get a sense of just how empty the West is!
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