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710 & 405 Quilt
|| 7/24/2007 || 10:09 am || Comments Off on 710 & 405 Quilt || ||
105 & 405 Quilt
|| 7/21/2007 || 9:42 am || Comments Off on 105 & 405 Quilt || ||
90 & 405 Quilt
|| 7/20/2007 || 9:50 am || + Render A Comment || ||
10 & 405 Quilt
|| 7/19/2007 || 2:22 pm || + Render A Comment || ||
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 maps using highway interchanges before (MacArthur Maze Quilt and Omaha Intersection) so this concept is not necessarily new, but the idea of having a series dedicated to one geographic region with a focus on one aspect of the built environment is what makes this series interesting to me. Ultimately I’ll make a special Google Map Mashup for this series, but it’s still got a long way to go- there are a lot of interchanges. The plan is to slowly go North to South looking for interesting interchanges.
When obtaining the imagery for this project I discovered that the USGS has removed the 2004 imagery of Los Angeles! This means that I cannot make comparison maps like I did with Dodgers Stadium – 2004 – 2006. Moreover, I think the quality of the 2006 imagery is poor. It’s bleached out and fuzzy looking at the full resolution. After reading the meta-data I know why- its from scanned photographs taken in 2002! So it’s not really new imagery after all, but reprocessed old imagery.
View the Google Map of the intersection of I-10 & I-405 in Los Angeles.
View the Google Map of the Los Angeles Interchanges Series
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Dodgers Stadium Quilt – 2006
|| 5/9/2007 || 11:41 am || Comments Off on Dodgers Stadium Quilt – 2006 || ||
After reading over the meta-data from both the 2004 & 2006 datasets of the Los Angeles orthoimagery, I discovered that the 2006 imagery is scanned from printed photographs taken in 2001! That is, the photography was taken 2001 by the USGS, printed out, then scanned (at 1700 DPI) & processed in 2006 by AirPhotoUSA, and then released into the public domain. I could be wrong, but that is my analysis of the meta-data. I assume this was done because the inferior quality of the 2004 imagery in regards to the shadows. Lastly, when looking at the Google Map of the stadium (which uses the same imagery as this map), they incorrectly state that the imagery is copyrighted to Sanborn.
View the Google Map of Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
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Dodgers Stadium Quilt – 2004
|| 5/8/2007 || 8:16 am || Comments Off on Dodgers Stadium Quilt – 2004 || ||
I made two tessellations of the Los Angeles Dodgers stadium. One from the 2004 imagery and one from the 2006 imagery. Of note is that Google Maps is currently using the 2006 imagery (it looks like the seats had been taken out of the stadium and were placed in the parking lot). The problem with the 2004 dataset of LA is that the flyover was done in the afternoon and the shadows obscure much of the ground. The best example of this is Los Angeles Quilt, which shows downtown but with too many shadows.
View the Google Map of Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
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Park Circle Quilt – Interactive
|| 4/26/2007 || 12:28 pm || Comments Off on Park Circle Quilt – Interactive || ||
I took the 9,000 x 6,000 version (one half the original) of Park Circle Quilt reduced it in size one half (to 4,500 x 3,000), then doubled the width by copying the quilt (final dimensions: 9,000 x 3,000). Using the program Make Cubic I made a Quicktime Virtual Reality environment of the location. It’s about 20 megabytes so be patient while it downloads.
Park Circle Quilt
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Like Dupont Circle, Grant Circle, Park La Brea, and Ladd’s Addition, I’ve used another street circle for a map. I really like making these maps too. I’ve found that some of the coolest maps are the ones that have their own geometry that I am able to exploit. After scouring Los Angeles the other day I stumbled upon this small plot of land in Inglewood that has a small circle (Park Circle) with 5 streets radiating from it and decided it was good enough to remake. Similar to Dupont Circle Quilt #2, the two circles combine to create an added effect that I find interesting.
If you know of locations that have a circle and are in a large city in America (and not DC), please send me info about the location!
View the Google Map of Park Circle in Inglewood, California.
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Submitted Today: Park La Brea Quilt #3 [New Media Art Competition]
|| 1/31/2007 || 2:08 pm || Comments Off on Submitted Today: Park La Brea Quilt #3 [New Media Art Competition] || ||
Detail of Park La Brea Quilt #3
Flashpoint call for entries ends today.
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Submission was not accepted. Quite disappointing.
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Park La Brea Quilt #3
|| 12/10/2006 || 5:40 pm || Comments Off on Park La Brea Quilt #3 || ||
Park La Brea (Spanish: La Brea – The tar, after the nearby La Brea Tar Pits) is a sprawling apartment complex in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles, California. It encompasses more than 4,000 apartments in both high-rise and garden-style buildings, and sits on 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land with numerous lawns. It’s layout is geometric and lends itself to my map style. This is my third iteration of the series featuring the area around Park La Brea in Los Angeles, California. Its one of my favorites :-)
View the Google Map of Park La Brea, Los Angeles, California.
View Park La Brea Quilt #3 in an interactive web environment
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