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Tips on Researching and Mapping Historical Rail Lines Using the Internet

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In between writing this blog, designing my own maps, and digitally restoring vintage maps, I also like to map out old, forgotten streetcar and electric interurban networks in Google Maps. I mainly do it because I want to compile information from various sources into one place and build my own coherent understanding of the networks that once existed. So far, I🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页ve done the streetcars and interurbans of Portland, Oregon in 1920; the interurbans of Spokane, […]

Reader Question: Are there any resources available for exporting city map data to vector format for importing into Illustrator?

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Question: Are there any resources available for exporting city map data (similar to Google Maps, etc) to vector format for importing into Illustrator? Do you utilize any pre-existing data for y🔸澳洲幸运10冠军定位计划projects, or do you simple start from scratch? I🔸AB开奖网澳洲幸运10官网网页m thinking of y🔸澳洲幸运10冠军定位计划Dallas streetcar map in particular. Answer: To be honest, most of the time, I just start from scratch. My very low-tech workflow is to quickly grab some screenshots from Google Maps or similar […]

Aerial View of Public Transport Routes in Budapest, Hungary

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transporteconomics: This is an aerial view of surface public transport routes in Budapest, Hungary – the idea came from the work of Taylor Gibson posted on 澳洲10开官网开奖. Following the general convention in Budapest, bus lines are blue, trams are yellow, trolleys are red, and suburban railways are shown in green. As for the direction of the image, the Danube flows approximately from the north (upper right corner) to the south (lower left corner). Elevation […]