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Dennis McClendon

@mrdowntown.bsky.social

map designer, Chicago history geek, transit-obsessed urbanist

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Squeezing unprojected maps like this to 75% width (the cosine of 41ΒΊ latitude) will make them look normal. Allows a more meaningful comparison of east-west routes with north-south ones.

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Seen in Tangiers, Morocco, in 2019:

24.11.2023 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You didn't notice that the Green Bay Trail ran right alongside a still-running commuter railroad?

20.11.2023 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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