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I wonder what kind of change resulted in that first before/after image, where Allentown PA disappeared at that scale and Philadelphia appeared. It seems more ri
by sixstringtheory 7y ago
I wonder what kind of change resulted in that first before/after image, where Allentown PA disappeared at that scale and Philadelphia appeared. It seems more right than before, but also, why not both?
Also wonder why some town names are in the same exact location, but others move just a few pixels. Updates in annotations, or in a constraint solver?
Cartography is such an interesting topic. I experimented using Douglas-Peucker on 3D images of protein molecules in grad school–cool stuff. I find myself often using cartographic principles in analogy to software architecture and codebase organization.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoThree cities for CT, only one for NJ. Syracuse doesn't merit a label despite plenty of room to relocate NY.