{"id":160,"date":"2019-02-11T03:14:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/?p=160"},"modified":"2019-02-11T03:14:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T18:14:10","slug":"1880-snapshot-cash-township","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/2019\/02\/11\/1880-snapshot-cash-township\/","title":{"rendered":"1880 Snapshot, Cash Township"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am intending a historical approach to mapping my FSA state of Makaska.<\/p>\n<p>The contours are in pretty good shape for the whole state &#8211; not perfect, but far enough along that I feel comfortable that I can proceed to the next step.<\/p>\n<p>My hope is to map, one by one, each of the state&#8217;s 203 townships (in the US, these were surveyed 6 mile x 6 mile squares under the old PLSS system, generally, but they varied because of natural topography sometimes). I will first map each township to the point of a kind of &#8220;1880 snapshot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I have completed my first township, called Cash Township, in the north-central part of the state. It includes the towns of Apple River and Duy, future suburbs of the Riverton-Uppington Micropolitan Region, the latter of which consists of the whole of Elizabeth Parish (i.e. county).<\/p>\n<p>Here is the map.<\/p>\n<div class=\"leaflet-map WPLeafletMap\" style=\"height:400px; width:100%;\"><\/div><script>\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin || [];\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.push(function WPLeafletMapShortcode() {\/*<script>*\/\nvar baseUrl = atob('aHR0cHM6Ly90aWxlLm9wZW5nZW9maWN0aW9uLm5ldC9vZ2YtY2FydG8ve3p9L3t4fS97eX0ucG5n');\nvar base = (!baseUrl && window.MQ) ?\n    window.MQ.mapLayer() : L.tileLayer(baseUrl,\n        L.Util.extend({}, {\n            detectRetina: 0,\n        },\n        {\"subdomains\":\"abc\",\"noWrap\":false,\"maxZoom\":20}        )\n    );\n    var options = L.Util.extend({}, {\n        layers: [base],\n        attributionControl: false\n    },\n    {\"zoomControl\":true,\"scrollWheelZoom\":true,\"doubleClickZoom\":true,\"fitBounds\":false,\"minZoom\":0,\"maxZoom\":20,\"maxBounds\":null,\"attribution\":\"<a href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/leafletjs.com\\\" title=\\\"A JS library for interactive maps\\\">Leaflet<\\\/a>; \\u00a9 <a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/opengeofiction.net\\\/copyright\\\">OpenGeofiction<\\\/a> contributors\"},\n    {});\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.createMap(options).setView([-42.1495,145.5529],13);window.WPLeafletMapPlugin.createScale({});});<\/script>\n<p>Here is the same map in the Topo Layer. <em>[UPDATE 20210531: The OGF Topo layer has been disabled &#8211; perhaps permanently. I am looking into hosting my own version of the OGF Topo layer. If I get it working, I&#8217;ll replace the broken link below with a working one.]<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"leaflet-map WPLeafletMap\" style=\"height:400px; width:100%;\"><\/div><script>\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin || [];\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.push(function WPLeafletMapShortcode() {\/*<script>*\/\nvar baseUrl = atob('aHR0cDovL3RpbGUub3Blbmdlb2ZpY3Rpb24ubmV0L29nZi10b3BvL3t6fS97eH0ve3l9LnBuZw==');\nvar base = (!baseUrl && window.MQ) ?\n    window.MQ.mapLayer() : L.tileLayer(baseUrl,\n        L.Util.extend({}, {\n            detectRetina: 0,\n        },\n        {\"subdomains\":\"abc\",\"noWrap\":false,\"maxZoom\":20}        )\n    );\n    var options = L.Util.extend({}, {\n        layers: [base],\n        attributionControl: false\n    },\n    {\"zoomControl\":true,\"scrollWheelZoom\":true,\"doubleClickZoom\":true,\"fitBounds\":false,\"minZoom\":0,\"maxZoom\":20,\"maxBounds\":null,\"attribution\":\"<a href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/leafletjs.com\\\" title=\\\"A JS library for interactive maps\\\">Leaflet<\\\/a>; \\u00a9 <a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/opengeofiction.net\\\/copyright\\\">OpenGeofiction<\\\/a> contributors\"},\n    {});\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.createMap(options).setView([-42.1495,145.5529],13);window.WPLeafletMapPlugin.createScale({});});<\/script>\n<p>I specifically would like the following feedback: What would make this most convincingly an\u00a0<b>1880<\/b>\u00a0snapshot? What needs to mapped? I have a railroad, two rail stations. All the roads are &#8220;highway=track&#8221; because that&#8217;s what roads were in that era &#8211; dirt and only dirt. I have a few buildings but will place some more &#8211; those which might be historically important when I later catch my mapping up to the modern era.<\/p>\n<p>What else should I include? There weren&#8217;t many parks back then &#8211; just a few &#8220;city parks&#8221;, and urban infrastructure outside of major cities was pretty minimal. Maybe a water tower for Apple River? Maybe a few schools?<\/p>\n<p>Music to map by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mZpgEDKD5IA\">Sims, &#8220;Tape Deck.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am intending a historical approach to mapping my FSA state of Makaska. The contours are in pretty good shape for the whole state &#8211; not perfect, but far enough along that I feel comfortable that I can proceed to the next step. My hope is to map, one by one, each of the state&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/2019\/02\/11\/1880-snapshot-cash-township\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1880 Snapshot, Cash Township<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-makaska"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.geofictician.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}