{"id":270,"date":"2013-05-23T22:47:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T22:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/when-i-finish-the-roads-on-a-map-i-like-to\/"},"modified":"2017-09-02T23:57:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T23:57:30","slug":"when-i-finish-the-roads-on-a-map-i-like-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/when-i-finish-the-roads-on-a-map-i-like-to\/","title":{"rendered":"what kind of place is this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-270 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/when-i-finish-the-roads-on-a-map-i-like-to\/light-rail-and-train-lines-and-major-interchanges-like-many-dense-cities-the-regional-lines-and-major-stations-are-on-the-perfery-of-the-city-center-which-is-served-by-subwaytram\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tumblr_mn9wnkjU821rqk5y9o2_1280-320x320.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-271\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-271'>\n\t\t\t\tLight rail and train lines and major interchanges. Like many dense cities the regional lines and major stations are on the perfery of the city center, which is served by subway\/tram.\r\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/when-i-finish-the-roads-on-a-map-i-like-to\/neighborhood-names\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tumblr_mn9wnkjU821rqk5y9o1_1280-320x320.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-272\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-272'>\n\t\t\t\tNeighborhood Names\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/when-i-finish-the-roads-on-a-map-i-like-to\/development-occurred-in-places-as-government-projects-referred-to-as-city-this-shows-those-projects-general-location-fifth-city-is-in-an-area-not-shown-on-map\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tumblr_mn9wnkjU821rqk5y9o4_1280-320x320.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-273\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-273'>\n\t\t\t\tDevelopment occurred in places as government projects referred to as &#8221; City&#8221;. This shows those projects general location. (Fifth City is in an area not shown on map.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/when-i-finish-the-roads-on-a-map-i-like-to\/the-city-is-a-gilded-city-with-extreme-disparities-in-weath-this-map-shows-areas-with-above-average-weath-darker-green-more-wealth\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tumblr_mn9wnkjU821rqk5y9o3_1280-320x320.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-274\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-274'>\n\t\t\t\tThe city is a &#8220;gilded&#8221; city, with extreme disparities in weath. This map shows areas with above average weath. Darker green = more wealth.\r\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>When I finish the roads on a map, I like to &ldquo;visit&rdquo; the city. Reading the finished map layout I get a strong feeling of the kind of place it is, its culture and development history. Here are some digital sketchs on top of a picture of my current big city, showing various insights into the kind of city it &ldquo;really&rdquo; is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I finish the roads on a map, I like to &ldquo;visit&rdquo; the city. Reading the finished map layout I get a strong feeling of the kind of place it is, its culture and development history. Here are some digital sketchs on top of a picture of my current big city, showing various insights into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/when-i-finish-the-roads-on-a-map-i-like-to\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">what kind of place is this?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginarycartography.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}