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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 6 May 1996.
Re: ASCII Maps

Re: ASCII Maps


John Dooley Cradock (doo...@hermenaut.com) writes:
> Does anyone have any advice or tips on making ASCII maps? I'm having a
> party this weekend and I want to make a local street map that I can send
> out to people by e-mail.

The nice thing about street maps as opposed to most other ASCII drawings
is that you can simplify them. Only show the relevant streets, straighten
out curves as much as you can (without losing the context of the message),
etc. If you want, I can post a few simple ones I've drawn in the past.


--
#####    |\^/|     Colin R. Leech                ag4...@freenet.carleton.ca
##### _|\|   |/|_  Civil engineer by training, transport planner by choice.
##### >         <  Opinions are my own. Consider them shareware if you want.
#####  >_./|\._<   "If you can't return a favour, pass it on." - A.L. Brown

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From: ag4...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech)
Subject: Re: ASCII Maps
Date: 1996/05/06
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