1.0Spacing Vancouverhttps://spacing.ca/vancouverErick Villagomezhttps://spacing.ca/vancouver/author/erick/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1abeEJlwtA"><a href="https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2008/03/26/vancouver-relief-block-map-hybrid/">Vancouver – relief & block map hybrid</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2008/03/26/vancouver-relief-block-map-hybrid/embed/#?secret=1abeEJlwtA" width="600" height="338" title="“Vancouver – relief & block map hybrid” — Spacing Vancouver" data-secret="1abeEJlwtA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://spacing.ca/vancouver/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/COV_relief_blocks_mid.jpg15841168Upon publishing the relief map, a little while back, I was approached by many people who wanted to be able orient themselves relative to the topography depicted. The most popular (and logical) suggestion was to overlay and label streets on the map. Given that I wanted be a little bit more subtle and really makeContinue reading