Cartography6 min read
How a map chooses which roads to show
At any one scale, a map has room for only some roads. Choosing them means preserving useful routes and patterns, then drawing the survivors so they can be read without false junctions.
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At any one scale, a map has room for only some roads. Choosing them means preserving useful routes and patterns, then drawing the survivors so they can be read without false junctions.