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LaChanz t1_j7kgrpr wrote

Yep. That's some of the roads in Maine.

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Right_In_The_Tits t1_j7kvkq6 wrote

The only way to view all of the roads is through the interactive map:

https://www.maine.gov/mdot/postedroads/map/

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7kwe2x wrote

Incorrect.

https://qgis.org/en/site/

https://www.maine.gov/geolib/catalog.html

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Right_In_The_Tits t1_j7lamhr wrote

Alright, well obviously there are other ways to view it. We don't have to get that technical.

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[deleted] t1_j7lf1ss wrote

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knitwasabi t1_j7lpce1 wrote

Better have Dunkin stains on it or I won't trust it.

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surprisepinkmist t1_j7p0fo7 wrote

Reeks of snowmobile exhaust and some areas are crossed off because we got warrants there.

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opuntina t1_j7lxf3l wrote

with penciled in hunting and fishing spots.

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smokinLobstah t1_j7ox7oq wrote

Door?...Fuq. I keep mine on the floor of the rear seat...

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7lk6v8 wrote

It's cause there's not so many words right?

And because you don't need and new-fangled techo-bobbles or which-a-ma-whoozits right?

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spittingdingo t1_j7lkrk5 wrote

Speaking from experience, a lot of those techno bobbles don’t get you from here to there. Gonna need to plan ahead and not be stupid for some residences.

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7llge5 wrote

Garbage in garbage out. That's like buying a Blu-ray player and only watching the screensaver animation.

Build your own maps. 👍🏻 The Maine Gazetteer is one of more than a dozen datasets I use to build my travel maps.

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opuntina t1_j7lxhv8 wrote

You aren't as cool as you think.

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7m24id wrote

Is "cool" something you aspire to? Sorry for you.

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opuntina t1_j7m2e8o wrote

This intervention isn't about me Mr. Pants.

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7m3g17 wrote

Sorry, you made it seem like being "cool" was important...

Did you think it was a priority to the kind of person who makes their own digital maps?

Next time I need advice on being "cool" I'll turn to a mechanic...thanks for the advice...

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opuntina t1_j7m3q45 wrote

Look dude, I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to say here but I read your post and comment history and it's clear you are a self important tool bag. Have a nice day.

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Right_In_The_Tits t1_j7m48s9 wrote

You really have an odd obsession with the Maine Gazetteer

Whatever jerks your gherkin I guess

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7n2g6a wrote

I'm not even the one who originally mentioned it. You have poor reading comprehension.

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7lkoul wrote

Using a GUI windows application is "technical" now?

Tell me you're a boomer or a zoomer without telling me...

We went from most people having no computer at all to ONLY having mobile phones and tablets in like 20 years; what a time to be alive.

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Right_In_The_Tits t1_j7lwicl wrote

Getting a little defensive aren't we? It's just reddit comments on a Maine subreddit. Try not to get so up in arms.

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7m20o5 wrote

Not defensive, saddened by the decline of intellectual capability in this country.

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Right_In_The_Tits t1_j7m3sw7 wrote

Oh boy, not only are you super defensive about the tiniest things, you are also fragile about the tiniest things. It sounds like you are living a miserable life. Well I hope the rest of your life gets better.

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7mqz72 wrote

Says the one who felt compelled to reply when called out for a blatantly false statement. You could just admit you were wrong, like an adult.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j7n99w6 wrote

Ouch. You hit him hard in the little parts with the truth.

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FriarRoads t1_j7kf8x9 wrote

Paved roads

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20thMaine t1_j7lzfjc wrote

Those are not all paved, but they are at least all “improved”

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whatisthisdawg t1_j7kqgzj wrote

why north maine have no roads

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LobstahHandsEsq t1_j7kt17a wrote

It looks like they didn’t include private roads/ I paved roads. Lots of northern Maine has private logging roads

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Fun-Gap4015 t1_j7lnlvl wrote

Thats not true don't lie.

There is no human population in Northern Maine. It's just moose and lobsters. Those aren't dirt roads, those are the paths left by the lobsters marching ever onwards to the sea.

Northern maine is not a place for simple children it is a place where mainers go to earn their cut off muffler, their chin strap beards and three finger pinches. Be warned mortal there are no roads because there is no way back.

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opuntina t1_j7lxo3r wrote

The musso/lobster war is the greatest travesty of the north woods.

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LobstahHandsEsq t1_j7n01ly wrote

Shhh. We have to find a way to lure the people from away there. How else will we sacrifice them to the lobsters??

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Cutlasss t1_j7n07t0 wrote

Maine has the lowest population density of any part of the US east of the Mississippi river. And the northwest corner of Maine has the lowest population density of the state. North of Moosehead Lake and west of Millinocket there are no paved roads. So only a couple of roads appear on the map. Because the year round population of that region is next to nothing.

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bubbastars OP t1_j7kcl7d wrote

Built on open-source mapping data from OpenStreetMap.org

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7kpuhw wrote

Why use OSM and not the MDOT data available through MEGIS?

OSM kinda sucks...

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bubbastars OP t1_j7kvc07 wrote

To be honest, because I'm just dipping my toes into GIS. It's not my strong suit. I built this using R and a package that queries OSM, since R is my forte and the package made the data easily accessible.

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7kw7os wrote

If you haven't already give qGIS a look.

https://qgis.org/en/site/

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As you may already know, Maine has a pretty robust data catalogue. You can add REST connections directly in qGIS.

https://www.maine.gov/geolib/catalog.html

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bubbastars OP t1_j7kxehv wrote

Would you mind pointing me to the roads dataset? The only ones I can find on there besides public projects (which doesn't have every road) are missing line features.

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ppitm t1_j7my884 wrote

Look for the E911 dataset. That is the best source for roads.

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aluredus t1_j7l0b33 wrote

Kinda cool to see the MDI outline.

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WorldWideDarts t1_j7labgt wrote

Can't get there from here

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Trip_inthehead t1_j7m17mc wrote

Damn! Beat me to it! 😆

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yawnfactory t1_j7ksd1u wrote

Most road per person of any state.

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Hype_x t1_j7lkmlz wrote

Your taxes pay for all those extra roads. Maine has the roads of a state with much more industry than it actually needs to support.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j7n9ilf wrote

Maine use to have lots of industry that used those roads.

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yawnfactory t1_j7mjylp wrote

I'm aware. People just love to live in the middle of nowhere here. There's so many roads with only a small handful of people who actually use them.

Fiercely independent actually often means relying on the government.

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sleepisasport t1_j7ks228 wrote

That’s cool! Is there a legend?

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nrossj t1_j7kwalf wrote

I would also like a legend. Blue seems to be major roads (95s, 2, 9, etc), but why is Route 1 only blue from Brunswick to Belfast? It gives the impression that it stops in those towns, even though it continues far past those points.

Also I see Islesboro, but not Vinalhaven?

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LLAMARULER t1_j7lhc63 wrote

In the Gazetteer, Blue symbolizes major highways. 95s/2/9 are these, but the book also has Route 1 from Brunswick to Bath this color too. The two lanes, 65mph speed in this section probably bumps it up to that distinction.

I've never been to Vinalhaven, but I'm assuming it's dirt roads. I don't think the map has those on it, that's why that is missing.

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nrossj t1_j7n5tep wrote

Yeah, but that doesn't account for why it's blue all the way to Belfast.

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Existing_Bat1939 t1_j7l27we wrote

I remember the days when MDOT created its own official state highway map instead of outsourcing to DeLorme; the stark white background and the way the center fold landed presented a really stark difference between the northern and southern parts of the state.

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Sandusky_D0NUT t1_j7l2b41 wrote

My God MDI is just so very wrong here

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bubbastars OP t1_j7lbyvc wrote

Are you referring to the Park Loop not being on here? This is showing 3, 233, 102, 102A which is about as deep as my query goes.

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Cloudrunner5k t1_j7l3q2d wrote

It's like the diagrams in my anatomy and physiology textbook of the human vascular system

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metametamind t1_j7lc50p wrote

Portland needs another ring-road at this point

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Character_Screen_265 t1_j7ljgk6 wrote

I do love that it shows the lower degree of development on the East side of the Penobscot. Got to love historically disputed territory.

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opuntina t1_j7lxc0h wrote

That blank space north of the airline? I love it.

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Trip_inthehead t1_j7m0zk1 wrote

"But you can't get they-ah from he-yah"

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7l2gd1 wrote

...says the person who's last post was about eating pepperoni grease...

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