Visualizing Route Direction Patterns

Over the final few days Visual Statistix has been publishing a dainty serial of maps showing the route direction patterns inwards American in addition to European cities. These static maps alongside accompanying rose diagrams are a swell visualization of urban route patterns. They are peculiarly illuminating inwards illustrating the differences betwixt the planned grid-patterns of American cities in addition to the to a greater extent than organic sprawl constitute inwards European cities.


VeloViewer has straight off released an interactive map that allows you lot to stance the route orientation for whatever district or urban nub inwards the world. Using the map you lot tin plow over notice zoom inwards on whatever surface area of the the world in addition to a rose diagram displays the route orientation distribution of the electrical current map bounds.

The map uses the underlying information for roads inwards OpenStreetMap to calculate the route direction patterns on the fly. This way that you lot tin plow over notice motility the map only about in addition to zoom inwards or out on whatever place in addition to the rose diagram volition update on the wing to present the route direction distribution inside the electrical current map view.