Beautiful City Maps That Use Color to Visualize the Orientation of Street Grids

Crayon the Grids by Stephen Von Worley
San Francisco

To visualize the various street grid systems of cities around the world, artist and scientist Stephen Von Worley has created Crayon the Grids, a beautiful series of city maps in which the streets have been color-coded based on their orientation. Von Worley created the visualizations algorithmically using OpenStreetMap.

Crayon the Grids by Stephen Von Worley
New York City

Crayon the Grids by Stephen Von Worley
London

Crayon the Grids by Stephen Von Worley
Washington, D.C.

Crayon the Grids by Stephen Von Worley
Tokyo

images by Stephen Von Worley

via Flowing Data

E.D.W. Lynch
E.D.W. Lynch

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