Monday, January 31, 2011

Central Park Entire

A bit on the obsessive side but I've got to give this guy a lot of credit, his map of Central Park is an impressive feat.

From Central Park Nature...
Central Park Entire, The Definitive Illustrated Map is the most detailed map of any urban park in the world. I spent over two years creating it, walking more than 500 miles as I documented over 170 different kinds of trees and shrubs. Central Park contains over 58 miles of paved paths and many more miles of obscure woodland trails. I hiked along every one of them multiple times in order to identify and pinpoint each major tree.

There are 19,630 trees drawn and placed in position on this map. There are no filler trees, no fluff. Every tree symbol represents a real tree in the Park, and you can identify its genus or species with the accompanying tree legend. In addition, over 200 illustrations show every bridge, archway, tunnel, building, statue, monument, recreational area, and playground. A brilliant aspect of the Park’s design was to leave most of the geologic features—the ancient outcroppings of Manhattan schist—exposed to view. I sketched scores of these rocks and labeled all those with names.

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