diff --git a/_posts/2023-09-13-maps-2.md b/_posts/2023-09-13-maps-2.md index e5336ef..eae74a6 100644 --- a/_posts/2023-09-13-maps-2.md +++ b/_posts/2023-09-13-maps-2.md @@ -7,6 +7,31 @@ excerpt: | image: /assets/blog/maps/after_sanding.jpeg --- +A last minute leaving gift idea for a friend inspired me to finish my first actual laser cut map. I used leaflet.js to overlay the names of some places we had visited together in London onto those nice Stamen Design map tiles from before. You can see the digital version [here](/projects/tonis-map/). + +
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+This is what it looks like straight off the laser cutter. The contrast is super washed out because the smoke from the cutting process darkens all the surrounding wood. +
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+ +I had a bunch of issues with getting that to work mostly based around the fact that these tiles are raster images that are intended for streaming to a zoomable and panable viewer on a screen. The design tradeoff of the maps don't quite make as much sense when you start transfering them to a static image. I did some hacks to use the tiles intended for a higher zoom level but you can only take that so far before the text starts getting unreadable. + +
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+To deal with the darkending from the smoke I sand the whole thing back with 80 grit sandpaper on an orbital sander. I did break a few small features off here and there but it's ok! +
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+ +I think there is a better approach that involves getting raw OpenStreetMap data and rendering it directly using something like [QGIS and some kind of map style files](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/186808/how-to-create-high-quality-map-with-qgis-and-stamen-tiles +https://anitagraser.com/2014/05/31/a-guide-to-googlemaps-like-maps-with-osm-in-qgis/) but that seems like a whole new deep rabbit hole I'm not ready to fall into just yet. - +
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+The final reveal! +
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