How not to do information design
Yea, needs contrasting colors, not all one shade. Could go from a color you see at the ground like green, to the color of the sky, blue.
Iirc this correlates to the bed rock distribution depth. I seem to recall a side by side at some point in my browsing over the years.
To at least some extent for sure — and if you see Manhattan’s skyline from the east or the west, there are actually two skylines: one downtown and another in Midtown. There are very few tall buildings along 23rd Street.
Is there an HD version of this picture somewhere? I think I'm gonna print it
This, from the creator’s website, really is the largest copy I could find
Sure would be nice as anything other than .gif
For the map enthused!
Rules:
post relevant content: interesting, informative, and/or pretty maps
be nice
