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source: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/15uz539/city_street_network_orientation/


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Urban spatial order: street network orientation, configuration, and entropy

By: Geoff Boeing

This study examines street network orientation, configuration, and entropy in 100 cities around the world using OpenStreetMap data and OSMnx.

See full paper: https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s41109-019-0189-1

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[-] Rooster@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Denver's entire downtown is a 45 degree slant from the rest of the city so the image is questionable...

[-] chris2112@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If you zoom in it does show some off axis stuff, and downtown is only a small portion of the entire city so it seems reasonable. Though it's definitely inconsistent, like if it uses all of Denver city limits but for NYC only shows Manhattan and ignores the other 4 boroughs

[-] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that was one of the first things I noticed. I thought I might have remembered incorrectly.

Washington is a nice planned grid with lots of annoying diagonal avenues that don't seem to be represented.

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