{"id":702,"date":"2008-03-26T21:30:09","date_gmt":"2008-03-27T04:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=702"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:05:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:05:20","slug":"vancouver-relief-block-map-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2008\/03\/26\/vancouver-relief-block-map-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver &#8211; relief &#038; block map hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/COV_relief_blocks_mid.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-703\" title=\"COV_relief_blocks_mid\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/COV_relief_blocks_mid-600x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/COV_relief_blocks_mid-600x442.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/COV_relief_blocks_mid-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/COV_relief_blocks_mid.jpg 1584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Upon publishing the <a href=\"http:\/\/regardingplace.com\/?p=6\" target=\"_blank\">relief<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Given that I wanted be a little bit more subtle and really make  people engage the structure of the city, I decided to post of <a href=\"http:\/\/regardingplace.com\/?p=94\" target=\"_blank\">the block  figure-ground map<\/a> of the City of Vancouver.  This, I thought, would make  people learn streets not through names but through their physical  attributes and location &#8211; Kingsway slices diagonally across the eastside  reorienting the grid along its path, Cambie lies almost dead centre  with its large bend curving around Queen Elizabeth Park, and so on.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Admittedly, it may a bit naive to think that people would go to such  trouble.  However, to me, I think knowing the physical structure of ones  city is not only interesting, but also important to making a city ones  own.  It forces one to make a direct connection to where they are &#8211;  beyond simply memorizing names &#8211; and seek out relationships between the  city structure and the larger landscape we inhabit.  Simply put: it is  an easy way to start learning about our city.<\/p>\n<p>So, finally &#8211; and in response to all those who asked &#8211; here is the <a title=\"CoV - relief and block map hybrid\" rel=\"lightbox[638]\" href=\"http:\/\/regardingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/cov_relief_blocks_mid.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a> that will allow you to find yourselves amidst the larger landscape  structure of the city.  Although there are still no direct labels (my  apologies who wanted instant gratification), there is more than enough  information to figure things out.<\/p>\n<p>Have some fun!  See if you can figure out what streets are where, why  some bend, and why grids shift.  Geeky? Yes.  But pretty fun  nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon 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. 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