Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 11 May 1996.
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Line: USA, World map (new), Ireland
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 11 May 1996
I found this improved version of my worldmap in my files, that seems
not to have propagated as well as the rougher draft:
,_ . ._. _. . _ , .
, _-\','|~\~~ ~~ ~~/ ;-'-' ~-', ,;_;_, ~~-
/~~-\_/-'~'--' \~~| \,/' _-| / / |_/~-/-/~~ ~~--~~~~'---_
/ ,/'-/~ '\./ ' , '|,'|~ ' ._/-, /~~
~/-'~\_, '-,| '|. ' ,\ /'~ / /_ /~
.-~ '| '',\~|\ _\~ ,_ . . /|
'\ /'~ |_/~\\,-,~' \ " ,_,/ |
| / . _-~'\_ _~| \ ) /
\ __-\ ./ ~ |\ \_ / ~
., '\ |, ~-_ . | \\_' ~| /~\ \~ ,
~-_' ; \ '-, \,' /\/ |
'\_,~'\_ \_ _, /' ' |, /|'
/ \_ ~ | / \ ~'; -,_.
| ~\ | | , '-_, ,; ~ ~\
\, / \ / /| ,-, , -,
| ,/ | |' |/ ,- ~ \ '.
,| ,/ \ ,/ \ |
/ | ~ -~~-, / _
| ,-' ~ /
/ ,' ~
',| ~
~'
While I'm at it, here's the rest of my maps. Ireland:
__ __---_
,-~~~ ~\/ ~\
,_/ |
/,_ /
_ _/ ~\
/~~ ~\/~-_| /
\ /~
\ _ _\/
,' |
/~ \
\ |
'~|__- /
oo ,/~ \
| /
/ |
/___/~ |
/ /
,--~ |
/--- __|_-_/
,-~ ,-~
\_-~/ \ /~
,-~/= _/~
--~/_-_-/~'~
The USA without state names:
,__ _,
\~\| ~~---___ , | \
| / | ~~~~~~~|~~~~~| ~~---, _/, >
/~-_--__| | | \ / ~\~~/ /~| ||,'
| / \ |------| { / /~) __- ',|_\,
/ | |~~~~~~~~| \ \ | | '~\ |_____,|~,-'
|~~--__ | | |____ |~~~~~|--| |__ /_-' {,~
| | ~~~|~~| | ~~\ / `-' |`~ |~_____{/
| | | '---------, \----| | | ,' ~/~\,|`
', \ | | |~~~~~~~| \ | ,'~~\ / |
| \ | | | | \_-~ /`~___--\
', \ ,-----|-------+-------'_____/__----~~/ /
'_ '\| | |~~~| | | _/-,~~-,/
\ | | | |_ | /~~|~~\ \,/
~~~-' | | `~~~\___| | | /
'-,_ | _____| | / | ,-'---~\
`~'~ \ | `--,~~~~-~~, \
\/~\ /~~~`---` | \
\ / \ |
\ | '\'
`~'
The world with some named locations:
,_ . ._. _. . _ , .
, _-\','|~\~~ ~~ ~~/ ;-'-' ~-', ,;_;_, ~~-
/~~-\_/-'~'--' \~~| \,/' _-| Scand/ / |_/~-/-/~~ ~~--~~~~'---_
/ AK ,/'-/~ '\./ ' , '|,'|~ ' ._/-, /~~
~/-'~\_, Canada'-,| '|. ' UK,\ /'~ Russia / /_ /~
.-~ '| '',\~|\ _\~Euro ,_ . . /|
'\ /'~ |_/~\\,-,~' \ " ,_,/ |
| USA / . _-~'\_ _~|Mideast China\ ) /Japan
\ __-\ ./ ~ |\ \_ India / ~
., Mex'\ |, ~-_ . | \\_' ~| /~\SE\~ ,
Hawaii ~-_' ;Carib \ Africa '-, \,' /\/ |
'\_,~'\_ \_ _, /' ' |, /|' Oceania
/ \_ ~ | / \ ~'; -,_.
| South ~\ | | , '-_, ,; ~ ~\
\, Amer / \ / /| ,-, , -,
| ,/ | |' |/ ,- ~ \ '.
,| ,/ \ ,/ \Austral|
/ | ~ -~~-, / _
| ,-' ~ /
/ ,' ~
',| ~
~'
The USA with state names:
,__ _,
\~\| ~~---___ , | \
| Wash./ | ~~~~~~~|~~~~~| ~~---, VT_/,ME>
/~-_--__| | Montana |N Dak\ Minn/ ~\~~/Mich. /~| ||,'
|Oregon / \ |------| { WI / /~) __-NY',|_\,NH
/ |Ida.|~~~~~~~~|S Dak.\ \ | | '~\ |_____,|~,-'Mass.
|~~--__ | | Wyoming|____ |~~~~~|--| |__ /_-'Penn.{,~Conn.
| | ~~~|~~| | ~~\ Iowa/ `-' |`~ |~_____{/NJ
| | | '---------, Nebr.\----| IL|IN|OH,' ~/~\,|`MD
', \ Nev.|Utah| Colo. |~~~~~~~| \ | ,'~~\WV/ VA |
|Cal\ | | | Kansas| MO \_-~ KY /`~___--\
', \ ,-----|-------+-------'_____/__----~~/N Car./
'_ '\| | |~~~|Okla.| | Tenn._/-,~~-,/
\ |Ariz.| New | |_ |Ark./~~|~~\ \,/S Car.
~~~-' | Mex. | `~~~\___|MS |AL | GA /
'-,_ | _____| | / | ,-'---~\
`~'~ \ Texas |LA`--,~~~~-~~,FL\
\/~\ /~~~`---` | \
\ / \ |
\ | '\'
`~' -jorn
The USA turned upsidedown:
._,
.\. | \
| \ / \
\ | ,---,___/ \_/\
\ '__-____'--, | \ _._,
\_---.-' | / | |~~~~~ | ~'-.
/ | | |~~~\___, | | .-___
/'\ \__|__/ | ~| | | | \
/'-__'-/~ | | |___| | |\. ~.
/ /__----~~/~~~~~.-------+-------|-----' \ '.
\--~~~_,/ _-~\ | | | | \ |
| / \__.' | \ |_______| | | \ '.
,|'\_/_ .' | | |----\ '---------. | | |
/}~~~~~_| _,| .-, / \__ | |__|___ | |
_'} .-~/ ~~| |--|_____| ~~~~| | | ~~--__|
.-'_|'~~~~~| \_. | | \ \ |________| | /
'\~|'. -~~ (_/ / } |------| \ / |
.'|| |_/ /__\_ / \ | | |~~--~-_/
< '/~ '---__ |_____|_______ | / |
\ | ' ~~~---__ |\_\
'~ ~~'
The USA turned upsidedown, with major cities:
._,
.\. | \
Miami* \ New Orleans / \
\ | *---,_*Houston \_/\
\ '__-____'--, | \ _._,
\_---.-' | / | Dallas |~~~~~ | ~'-.
Atlanta | | |~~~\_*_, | | .-___
/'\ * \__|__/ | ~| | | | *Los Angeles
/'-__'-/~ *Memphis |___| *Santa Fe |\. ~.
/ /__----~~/~~~~~.-------+-------|-----' \ '.
\--~~~_,/ _-~\ | | | | \ *San Fran.
|DC / \__.' | *StL *KC_____| *Denver |Reno*\ '.
,|'*_/_ .' | | |----\ '---------. | | |
/}~~~~~_| _,| .-*Chicago \__ | |__|___ | |
NYC'} .-~/ ~~| |--|_____| ~~~~| | | ~~--__|
.-'_*'~~~~~| \_. | | \ \ |________| | /
Boston*~|'. -~~ (_/ / *Mnpls-----| \ / |
.'|| |_/ /__\_ / \ | | |~~--~*Portland
< '/~ '---__ |_____|_______ | / |
\ | ' ~~~---__ *\_\
'~ ~~'Seattle
The cities of the Mediterranean mapped onto the USA, for size
comparison:
,__ _,
\~\|: ~~---___ , | \
|::: / | *Lyon~~~|~~~~~| *Zagreb _/, >
/~-_--*Bordeaux | *Venice / ~\~~/ /~| ||,'
| / \ *Marseille---| *Belgrade/~) __*Yalta_\,
/ | |~~~~~~~~| :\ \ |:|:'~\ |_____,|~,-'
|~~--__ | |::::::::|__ :|~~~~~*Sofia__:/_-':::::{,~
| | ~~~|~~|::: ::::| *Rome\:: / `*Istanbul_____{/
| | | *Barcelona-,: :\----| ::| | ,'*Ankara`
', \*Madrid:::|: :::::|~~~~~~~|:::*Athens'~~\ / |
| \ |::::|:::::::|:: |:::::\_-~::::/`~___--\
', \ ,-----|--*Tunis-------'_____/__----~~/:: /
'_ '\| *Algiers|~~~|:::::|::::|::::::_/-,~~*Beirut
\*Gibraltar| | *Tripoli:::/~~|~~\::::\,*Jerusalem
~~~-' | | `~~~\___| | *Alexandria
'-,_ | _____| | / | ,-'-*Cairo
`~'~ \ | `--,~~~~-~~, \
\/~\ /~~~`---` | \
\ / *Luxor
\ | '\'
`~
Please re-use these, and mess with them as you like. Attribution is
nice, but I'm not uptight about it...
j
-==---
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