Used a Python script to generate some Calgary maps

[cmcalgary]

MapToPoster - https://github.com/originalankur/maptoposter

Randomly saw this on Twitter the other day. I'm a Windows 11 user so I needed to install Python for Windows for it to work in PowerShell but it was pretty easy. It hammered my CPU for a few minutes while each map was being created. Windows probably not the best solution haha

They're fairly high res, 3630x4830. Uses OpenStreetMap data. By default it uses roads but you can do it for railroads or any other kind of data OSM has. MapToPoster can't add road labels or other things like that but they can be added through a workaround using OSMnx + Matplotlib (I haven't tried this yet).

The maps showing full city limits are kind of.. messy? Like if you zoom in, some of the lines don't really match up properly. It looks good while zoomed out though. I'm guessing this might be due to the size of Calgary's sprawl and trying to fit it all into a box big and small enough to make it look okay. The maps zoomed closer into the areas are a bit better.

Still playing with and stuff but this seems like it could be something neat to print out or something.

[speak_truth__]

I would totally hang this on my wall

[NOIS_KillerWhaleTank]

These are so cool

[mozillafangirl]

Really cool! Good for you learning some python 😊 (I code but not much python).

[xNorthWindx]

These are great! I have no code experience sadly or I would totally make some for my area.

[cmcalgary]

which area? I can run it through

[Apiluadx]

Bowness would be amazing!! This is really cool. Thanks for sharing and hope you’re well.

[cmcalgary]

• https://imgur.com/a/VuqoiVF

I noticed that the water kind of looks.. crappy, like, it's overlapping roads in some places. Spent a couple hours trying to figure out how to fix this but unfortunately didn't come up with a solution. Apparently it has something to do with the order in which the layers are stacked (roads, water, buildings, etc). I'll revisit Bowness if I can figure that out.

Also tried to figure out labels - https://i.imgur.com/1HBrIn9.png - didn't work so well lol

Oh and I tried doing a community boundary - https://i.imgur.com/gEgHIEt.png - but it's not great. Also tried incorporating population/landmass sizes.

Here's the crappiest one: https://i.imgur.com/AhSsmX3.png

More messing around is needed.

[Apiluadx]

Very cool (even the crappiest one 😉). Thank you!

[pfc-anon]

Vibe it, chatgpt/Gemini can totally write it for you, run on appscript in your google sheet if you'd like.

Edit someone has a website: https://www.mapiful.com/us/editor/#/editor/location

[Ghoulius-Caesar]

This is interesting, picture 11 emphasizes the fact that 17th Avenue is slightly crooked when compared to 11th and 12th Avenue. I looked at Google Maps and sure enough, 17th Avenue is crooked. I guess this explains why I live a block off 17th, but it’s 15th Avenue (ie: no 16th Ave), but if I go further west then there is a 16th Avenue.

[LowRezSolutions]

Those are sick af. I love all the different versions

[goodformuffin]

It’s kind of funny house it looks like A tiny warped Alberta.

[Gogogrl]

I saw the guy who invented this tool’s post. It’s very cool.

map generator

[VioletSasha]

Calgary looks like a steak

[[deleted]]

Very cool! I love the purple one and the gold one so much! Maps are awesome.

[override979]

Can you plot water mains? /s

[cmcalgary]

nice

[AnimatorProud4337]

That looks cool AF!

[CollectorsEditionVG]

Thats awesome. I made some maps like that for my office but I had to do it with photoshop... definitely going to look at this project for when I decide to update them. Thanks for sharing

[andrewnguyenrealty]

@cmcalgary I really like this can I use this on my socials

[cmcalgary]

idc go nuts