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City Roads
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Mapping Inequality

City Roads: Draw every road in a city as a minimalist poster. Mapping Inequality: The 1930s redlining maps of American cities, digitised.

City RoadsMapping Inequality
CategoryMap Curiosities & Data ExperimentsHistory & Culture Maps
CoverageWorldwideUnited States
UpdatesContinuously (community edits)Static archive
Data sourceOpenStreetMapHOLC maps from the US National Archives
Made byAndrei KashchaUniversity of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab
PriceFreeFree
AccountNo account neededNo account needed
On phonesBest on a computerWorks well on phones
Map viewFlat mapFlat map
Visits from ColorfulMaps00
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What you can do with City Roads

  • Every road in any city
  • Custom colours
  • Export as image

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What you can do with Mapping Inequality

  • Redlining maps of US cities
  • Original area descriptions
  • Overlay on modern maps

Full review · Mapping Inequality alternatives

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