X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9719b39b4281fb02 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech) Subject: Re: ASCII Maps Date: 1996/05/06 Message-ID: <4mjs7g$qha@freenet-news.carleton.ca>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 153212258 sender: ag414@freenet2.carleton.ca (Colin R. Leech) references: organization: The National Capital FreeNet reply-to: ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech) newsgroups: alt.ascii-art John Dooley Cradock (dooley@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 ag414@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