Watercolor Street Maps

September 10, 2014 at 4:44 pm

Using data from the OpenStreetMap project, the folks at Stamen made a water­col­or over­lay algo­rithm way back in 2012. Well, it’s new to me and total­ly awe­some. It also makes great imagery for places where water is impor­tant to the com­mu­ni­ty iden­ti­ty — ie. the Gulf Coast.

Watercolor OpenStreetMap of Mobile, Alabama

(via Kottke)