Comparing Cities At The Same Scale
The Urban Fabric Map is a bully novel interactive map tool which allows yous to compare side-by-side the edifice footprints of dissimilar cities approximately the world. Comparing the edifice footprints of cities tin dismiss divulge interesting differences inwards the street layouts too edifice densities of dissimilar cities across the globe.
The Urban Fabric Map uses OpenStreetMap edifice information too displays it using a custom created Mapbox style. Each of the ii maps includes a search box which allows yous to midpoint the ii maps on whatsoever ii dissimilar locations inwards the world.
In the screenshot higher upward I convey compared San Francisco alongside London. The comparing reveals the clear grid similar designing of San Francisco's streets compared to London's to a greater extent than organic street layout. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 edifice count is also displayed higher upward each of the ii maps. This reveals that San Francisco has approximately 3 times equally many buildings inwards the same sized expanse equally London. This is despite the fact that the Golden Gate Park is a prominent characteristic on the San Francisco map.