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Solarbird :flag_cascadia:First addition to Maps 2.0.2 (probably September) is a block-long half-dirt connector between Ashworth and Densmore continuing N 157th for pedestrians and bicyclists willing to deal with a dirt path.spotted it on the Shortline Urbanist ride today<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/GreaterNorthshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreaterNorthshore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/shoreline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shoreline</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:Now I do agree that overall it's less more red. That actually seems to have worked. And the near-blacks are less blown out; the new one actually is closer!But the 25% greys are just mauve. As is Snohomish County. And the mids are darker when I moved them _less_ than the previous time.what're you doin' to me here, printer.<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/Printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Printing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/GreaterNorthshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreaterNorthshore</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:oh good, it’s a moving targetthe one on the right is home printed and pretty good. the one on left is latest, and LESS mids-shifted and LESS red-shifted than the middlewhich means it’s not a consistent printer (or it has some batshit algo for colour matching that absolutely doesn’t work which works out to the same thing<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/GreaterNorthshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreaterNorthshore</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:It's not that it's that bad of a bad price now - $17.50.That's an 80% hike, which is exactly in line with the hike I saw in ink prices a couple of weeks ago, and I knew from previous conversations that their price is based entirely upon ink costs.So they're not gouging, it's just WHELP<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/GreaterNorthshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreaterNorthshore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/OrangeShitgibbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OrangeShitgibbon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/FUCKtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FUCKtrump</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:goddammitups store raised printing prices fucking orange shitgibbon tariffs<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/GreaterNorthshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreaterNorthshore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/northshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#northshore</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:I've made the bikemap wiki somewhat less terrible.<a href="https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/wiki" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/wiki</a>I will take comments on making it more less terrible.<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/GreaterNorthshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreaterNorthshore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/wiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wiki</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 2.0.1 - 4 August 2025Updates this release are fairly minor EXCEPT for the decades-awaited connection from Elliot Bay Trail to Waterfront, and an important new set of bike lanes on Meridian in Shoreline.As always, check the blog post for the deets:<a href="https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/08/04/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-2-0-1/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/08/04/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-2-0-1/</a>Maps download:<a href="https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/</a>Previous permalinks continue to work.If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:<a href="https://www.patreon.com/solarbird" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/solarbird</a>Enjoy!<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/GreaterNorthshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreaterNorthshore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seattle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/northshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#northshore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cascadia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/SnohomishCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SnohomishCounty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/Shoreline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shoreline</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/Edmonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Edmonds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/MountlakeTerrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MountlakeTerrace</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/LakeForestPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LakeForestPark</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/Briar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Briar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/Kenmore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kenmore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/juanita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#juanita</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/Kirkland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kirkland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/Bothell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bothell</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/Woodinville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woodinville</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/Maltby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maltby</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/KingCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KingCounty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/Redmond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Redmond</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:Real announcement tomorrow but if you're an early bird enjoy MAPS 2.0.1 RELEASE<a href="https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/</a>See the readme for changes.<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:three one-offs for the three bike shops at the very northern edge of Greater Northshore coverage area.note how they all have left-side extensions, from the megamap. for two of them, it’s absolutely necessary since they’re so far north they're _only_ on the megamap.i will NOT be making a habit of this xD<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:next morning! the QR code still works and everything :D<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/stickers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stickers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printing</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:drenched with poly and frontside heat laminated, then run under a faucet for several seconds, 20 minutes later<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/stickers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stickers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printing</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:lol get diffed<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/print" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#print</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:big print smol<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/print" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#print</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:big print lorge<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/print" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#print</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:Because of another temporary closure I'm not going to drop a map with this until August 4thish, because otherwise I'd have to add a warning flag and then take it right back again :/<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/ElliotBayTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElliotBayTrail</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:o hello<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seattle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/ElliotBayTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElliotBayTrail</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:Meanwhile the closest to correct water colour is base tint +50%, which is still too green everywhere else.Basically, this is a weird printer.I think I'm gonna try +1/8th on the red - maybe just a little shy of that - and +35 to 40% on the contrast. I really like how the non-bike-streets show up really clearly above +25% and I want to see how much of that I can retain _without_ starting to blow out the dark grey text.<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/ColourMatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColourMatching</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:ANYWAY MUCH LATERIt's kinda weird! The amount of contrast has a real effect on the colour balance too on this printer. Not sure what's up with that.+1/8 red +25% contrast for example gives me arguably good enough visibility on the Seattle non-bike streets, though I'd like slightly more. But the Greater Northshore proper background is a little too red and also still kinda light.Then jumping to +50% contrast at 1/8 red somehow _corrects the colour balance in the land_. I don't know how that's happening. Unfortunately, it blows out the text a little, and makes the water more purple than I want - meaning that the red goes down in the land while increasing in the lake.<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/ColourMatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColourMatching</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:What I made still isn't right but at least gets the idea across - to show how much shift I'm able to get out of the cheap oversized printer at the UPS Store in Kenmore.The physical print will let me create a pre-mixed special edition MEGAMAP which can be printed on that printer in that shop and come out reasonably accurate.<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/ColourMatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColourMatching</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:Here's what it looked like before I worked on it. THIS WAS THE BEST ONE I GOT.I don't know what the fuck the phone thinks it's seeing but it's not what I see and _I_ see _ultraviolet_. WTF, phone.<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BikeMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/ColourMatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColourMatching</a>

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