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LaChanz t1_j7kgrpr wrote

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

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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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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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aluredus t1_j7l0b33 wrote

Kinda cool to see the MDI outline.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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_j7lxc0h wrote

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

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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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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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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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