{"id":784,"date":"2008-01-03T21:56:35","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T05:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=784"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:05:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:05:20","slug":"vancouver-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2008\/01\/03\/vancouver-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/topography_contourReliefMAP_brown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-786\" title=\"topography_contourReliefMAP_brown\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/topography_contourReliefMAP_brown-600x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/topography_contourReliefMAP_brown-600x442.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/topography_contourReliefMAP_brown-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/topography_contourReliefMAP_brown.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems fitting to inaugurate the new re:place website with an image  of one of the most influential factors determining local city life and  character \u2013 topography.<\/p>\n<p>The above is a cartographic relief image of Vancouver.  It depicts  the topographic elevations\/contours of the terrain and is shaded to  emphasize its corresponding landforms (the steeper the slope, the darker  the shading).<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Being a self-proclaimed map geek and amateur cartographer, I decided  to create it out of sheer frustration with not being able to find such  an artifact except for a handful of inaccurate relief maps drawn in the  1800\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Many of us often take the local topography for granted as we race  across the city preoccupied with more important life issues.  Yet it is  one of the most important distinguishing features of our city and has a  direct relationship to many things local: from land values and social  status to location of parks and street patterns.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this will be the first of many geeky things I post on this  fine site for kindred spirits to enjoy, and help others to see this  great city in a different way.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems fitting to inaugurate the new re:place website with an image of one of the most influential factors determining local city life and character \u2013 topography. The above is a cartographic relief image of Vancouver. 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