I wasn't expecting to see so many tall buildings. Even out at the edge, where it turns to farms, and even the farmhouses themselves, the buildings are mostly 3 or 4 stories! At least, if I'm correctly interpreting each horizontal row of windows as a floor of the house.<p>I've looked at few more areas, and I suppose a lot of the farmhouses are only 2 stories high.<p>My expectations were based on places with a lot more land, and therefore sprawl (examples of what I'm thinking of below). I do realise that modern Paris is more built up than this, but I didn't realise it would be as close as it is.<p>What I was expecting:
<a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/film?phrase=aerial%20view%20of%20sydneys%20inner%20west%20suburbs" rel="nofollow">https://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/film?phrase=aerial%20vi...</a><p>Fairer comparisons:
<a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/film?phrase=aerial%20view%20of%20paris%20suburbs" rel="nofollow">https://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/film?phrase=aerial%20vi...</a>
The parisians will appreciate the countryside starting at the gates of the jardin des tuileries (which by the way is how it is depicted in the game Assassin's Creed Unity, which is a below average game but gives you way to walk freely in a Paris under the revolution, and view many buildings and monuments that have since been destroyed).
I printed a 1.5 meter version of this map 10 years ago, it still looks beautiful on my living room wall.
Why is the map apparently oriented with North facing Southeast?
It reminds me of the game MicroMacro<p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/318977/micromacro-crime-city" rel="nofollow">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/318977/micromacro-crime-...</a><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/image/7774293/micromacro-crime-city-bonus-box" rel="nofollow">https://boardgamegeek.com/image/7774293/micromacro-crime-cit...</a>
This map is impressive!
That 40kpx x 40kpx scan (800 Megabyte) of that map broke my system. Wow.