About

Urban form is a type of map that looks at patterns and shapes of human settlement. These observe physical relationship of fills (buildings) and voids (streets, plazas, parks or other open spaces) and how these ultimately shape the urban experience.

This website is a stylized version of Google Maps that allows you to explore, abstract and compare cities in this manner. The colors used represent the following: white (roads), blue (water), green (natural or manmade landscape) and black (built areas). Note: in many cases black will not represent man-made or built areas and is used for contrast purposes only.

To save a map: as of now, the only way to save a map that you see on your screen is by taking a screenshot.

The project was created by Med44. Special thanks to Stan Weichers, fancyBox and CodeRanch for additional bells and whistles in the code.

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