Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 24 Jul 1996.
[line] Maps of USA
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 24 Jul 1996
I saw the maps Jorn made of the USA, and also a pretty good map that
David Issel collected that was labelled with airport codes.
But I wasn't satisfied with those, so I came up with my own:
No labels:
+-..__ _
\~\} |~|-----......,______ , | \
} | } | }~ ~~---, _/ >
[~}_,..--| { | \ /~`-<^;=> ,~! !\,'
} } \ _________|-------} { Y ;^~} ___,! !_!_Y
{ { ~| | ! \ ! [ `^\ ) !--+,\>
}---,____|_____| |_____ }~~~~~\---!_}___/ _/~~~~\_]`^~`~
( | | | | `~\ } | | `~| ((
{ | | ~~|~~~~~~~| !----{ | | ,'--+----))
? `. | | |~~~~~~~~\ \_ | ,'~~\. /~~\_|}
{ `. | | | | \_!~ /`~ \
}__ `.,+-----+------++---------+_____ }--~~~~~~/~~~~~~~}
\ } | |~~~| ! ~!_______/_..._ /
! { | | |._ ] / | \ `. `Y
~~~} | | `^~`^|---{ | ! `. /
`-._ | _____| [ /_ | _\ Y'
`~~'~ \ } !_|_[_ ~~~~~\
\_/~\ ,-^~`^~?_{ `^~\ \
\ / { \
\ [ \ !
`._! DLW96 `._!
State Codes:
+-..__ _
\~\} WA |~|-----......,______ , | \
} | } MT | ND }~ ~~---, VT_/ME >
[~}_,..--| { | \ MN /~`-<^;=> ,~! !\,'
} OR }ID\ _________|-------} { WI Y ;^~} ___,! !_!_Y NH
{ { ~| WY | SD ! \ ! [MI^\ ) NY !--+,\>MA
}---,____|_____| |_____ }~~~~~\---!_}___/ _/~~~~\_]`^~`~
( | | | | NE `~\ IA }IL |IN| `~| PA (( CT RI
{ | NV | ~~|~~~~~~~| !----{ | |OH,'--+MD--))NJ
? CA`. | UT | CO |~~~~~~~~\ MO \_ | ,'~~\.WV/~~\_|}DE
{ `. | | | KS | \_!~KY /`~VA \
}__ `.,+-----+------++---------+_____ }--~~~~~~/~~~~~~~}
\ } | |~~~| OK ! AR ~!__TN___/_..._NC/
! { AZ | NM | |._ ] / | \ `. SC `Y
~~~} | | `^~`^|---{MS |AL !GA `. /
`-._ | _____| TX [LA /_ | _\ Y'
`~~'~ \ } !_|_[_ ~~~~~\
\_/~\ ,-^~`^~?_{ `^~\ FL\
\ / { \
\ [ \ !
`._! DLW96 `._!
Airport codes:
+-..__ _
\~\}SEA |~|-----......,______ , | \
} GEG| } GTF | }~ ~~---, _/PWM>
[~}_,..--| { BTM BIL | FAR\ DLH/~`-<^;=> ,~! !\,'
} PDX PDT} \ _________|-------}MSP{ GRB Y ;^~} ___,! !_!_Y
{ EUG {BOI ~| |RAP FSD! \ MKE! [ `^\DTW)BUF !--+,\>BOS
}---,____|_____|JAC CPR |_____ }~~~~~\---!_}___/ _/~~~~\_]`^~`~BDL/PVD
( | | | CYS| `~\ DSM }ORD| | `~| PHL((JFK/LGA/NYC
{ SFO|RNO |SLC~~|~~~~~~~| OMA!----{ PIA| | ,'--+----))EWR
?OAK`. |PVU | DEN |~~~~~~~~\MCI \_ | ,'~~\. /~~\_|}BWI
{SJC `.LAS| | COS | ICT | STL\_!~ LEX /`~ IAD\DCA/WAS
}__LAX `.,+-----+------++---------+_____ }--~~~~~~/~~~~~~~}
\SNA } GCN | SAF |~~~| TUL! ~!_______/_..._ /
!SAN{ FLG | ABQ |AMA|._OKC ] LIT / | \ `. CAE`Y
~~~} PHX | ROW| `^~`^|---{JAN|BHM!ATL`. /
`-._TUS| _____|LBB DFW [SHV/_ | _\ SAV Y'
`~~'~ \ELP AUS IAH} MSY!_|_[_ ~~~~~\
\_/~\ SAT ,-^~`^~?_{ `^~\MCO\
\ / {TPA\
\BRO[ \MIA!
`._! DLW96 `._!
State codes and number of chapters of BMFUSA:
+-..__ _
\~\} WA |~|-----......,______ , | \
} | } MT | ND }~ ~~---, VT_/ME >
[~}_,..--| { 2 | 2 \ MN /~`-<^;=> ,~! !\,'
} OR }ID\ _________|-------} 2 { WI Y ;^~} ___,! !_!_Y NH
{ 2 { ~| WY | SD ! \ 1 ! [MI^\ ) NY 9!--+,\>MA
}---,____|_____| |_____ }~~~~~\---!_}___/ _/~~~~\_]`^~`~
( | | | | NE `~\ IA }IL |IN|OH~| PA (( CT RI
{ | NV | ~~|~~~~~~~| !----{ 2 | | 2,'--+MD--))NJ
? CA`. 4 | UT | CO |~~~~~~~~\ MO \_ | ,'~~\.WV/~~\_|}DE
{ 27 `. | | 1 | KS 7 | 6 \_!~KY 1 /`~VA 2 \
}__ `.,+-----+------++---------+_____ }--~~~~~~/~~~~~~~}
\ } | |~~~| OK ! AR ~!__TN_2_/_.NC_3 /
! { AZ | NM | |._1 ] / | \ `. SC `Y
~~~} | | `^~`^|---{MS |AL !GA `. /
`-._ | _____| TX [LA /_ | 2_\ Y'
`~~'~ \ 1 } !_|_[_ ~~~~~\
\_/~\ ,-^~`^~?_{ `^~\ FL\
\ / { 9 \
\ [ \ !
`._! DLW96 `._!
See http://www.surfplaza.com/bmfusa for how I used this last one.
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\\ http://www.surfplaza.com/
| mailto:wal...@surfplaza.com
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