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An Interchange in Omaha

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Well not just some random interchange, it’s the confluence of Highway 75 and Interstate 480 – aka the Gerald Ford Freeway. There are two main comments about this map....

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MacArthur Maze Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : LINK: Tanker fire destroys part of MacArthur Maze – 2 freeways closed near Bay Bridge This is the area photographed in February of 2004 by the National Geospatial...

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10 & 405 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : A few months ago I conceived this series titled’ “LA Interchanges.” The plan was to make maps of the highway interchanges throughout Los Angeles, California. I’ve made...

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90 & 405 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of I-90 & I-405 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of...

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105 & 405 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of I-105 & I-405 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of...

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710 & 405 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of I-105 & I-405 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of...

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10 & 110 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of I-10 & I-110 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of...

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I-35W Bridge Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Like the MacArthur Maze Quilt, this map is a prime example of mapping current events. On August 1st the bridge in this map unexpected collapsed killing and injuring...

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“Ghost Cars” on the I-35W Bridge

When preparing the imagery for the previous map, I zoomed into the bridge and discovered that there are some “ghost cars” on the bridge. There is really nothing supernatural about these cars, rather I...

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I-35W Bridge Quilt #2

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : On August 1st the bridge in this map unexpected collapsed killing and injuring scores of people. Having family living in the Twin City area, I took notice of this...

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Interchangable Earth

Click the image below to download the .kmz file [7.8 mb] for Google Earth: Using the center of 710 & 405 Quilt, which is in the Los Angeles Interchanges series, I constructed this beautiful globe....

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5 & 10 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : This interchange is apart of the East Los Angeles Interchange complex, which is one of the busiest freeway interchanges in the world. I am going to make a few more maps...

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5, 10, 60, & 101 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Yesterday’s 5 & 10 Quilt is the northern part of the East Los Angeles Interchange complex and this map is the southern half. I had quite a bit a of trouble trying to...

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101 & 110 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : The 101 & 110 interchange is popularly known as the Four Level Interchange and officially known as the Bill Keene Memorial Interchange, named after the KNXT traffic...

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105 & 110 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of I-105 & I-110 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of...

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710 & 105 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of I-710 & I-105 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of...

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110 & 405 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of I-110 & I-405 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of...

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91 & 110 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of I-91 & I-110 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of...

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91 & 710 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of I-91 & I-710 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of...

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91 & 605 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of 91 & 605 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of the...

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105 & 605 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of 105 & 605 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of the...

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60 & 710 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of 60 & 710 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of the...

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5 & 605 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of 5 & 605 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of the Los...

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10 & 710 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Click here to read more about the series “Los Angeles Interchanges” View the Google Map of the intersection of I-10 & I-110 in Los Angeles. View the Google Map of...

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Curbed LA – Downtown Derricks

Screen Grab from Curbed LA It looks like my ‘oil slick’ overlay of downtown Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Interchange Series are getting some exposure. Some day I’d like to have the entire series...

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87 & 280 Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Similar to the Los Angeles Interchanges Series (LAIS), I decided to make my first San Jose, California map using imagery from the interchange of California State Route...

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87 & 280 Quilt #2

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Using this portion of 87 & 280 Quilt, I constructed this derivative map of the California State Route 87 & interstate 280 interchange. What is unique is that...

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87 & 280 Quilt #3

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Using this portion of 87 & 280 Quilt #2, I constructed this derivative map of the California State Route 87 & interstate 280 interchange. View the Google Map of...

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87 & 280 Quilt #4

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : Using this portion of 87 & 280 Quilt #3, I constructed this derivative map of the California State Route 87 & interstate 280 interchange. This is the final map...

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Digital Globe: Where did DC’s roads go?

Screen grab featuring DC with very few roads I was looking at Digital Globe’s website the other day and I decided to zoom into Washington, DC. The result was a map that only shows the major highways...

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Albany Droste Quilt

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : I’ve made similar Droste-like maps before that are multi-scalar, but this is the first to follow “rules” involved in creating the Droste Effect. To achieve this effect I...

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Manhattan & Brooklyn Bridge Quilt

Yesterday I went through all my 2008 entries and began to compile this year’s maps like I’ve done for previous years. However, this year I decided to expand the listing to include designs &...

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Eye 670 – A perspective of Interstate 670 in downtown Kansas City

: rendered at 9,000 X 6,000 : Using this portion of Kansas City Quilt #2, I created this derivative map of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. This map is a unique map because it features aspects of the...

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A Gigapan of the 105 & 110 Quilt

After uploading yesterday’s map to Gigapan, I realized that most of my maps on the website are not really panoramas. They were big files, but not wide panoramas, so I decided to make a special map...

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Malfunction Junction Offset

: rendered at 18,000 X 12,000 : The other week I downloaded the aerial photography of downtown Birmingham, Alabama to make some maps for a friend of mine. Upon closer inspection of the geography, I...

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