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 More options May 17, 1:14 pm
Newsgroups: misc.transport.road
From: "txstatee...@hotmail.com" <txstatee...@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:14:12 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sat, May 17 2008 1:14 pm
Subject: Re: Observations on the 2008 ODOT map
On May 16, 5:43 pm, Scott Nazelrod <Scott5...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've moved back to Oklahoma now that the school year is done. On the
> way back, I stopped at the Oklahoma Welcome Center near Exit 313 in
> Miami. Here are my observations:

> - First off, it's labeled "2008 Official State Map". Not 2008-09.
> Wonder if this is just to compensate for the special Centennial
> Edition of 2007, or is Oklahoma going back to annual map releases?
> - Opening up the map, the print quality is quite poor, worse than that
> of previous years. The lines are less sharp, noticeably so on the
> multilane expressways and freeways - the middle line blurs together
> with the color, making it muddy.
> - Also, the paper seems thinner than on the 2007 map.
> - The insets and OTA strip maps have been moved back to the reverse of
> the map. The print quality is better on the insets.
> - The printing error for SH-87 in McCurtain County appears to have
> been fixed. (Some Centennial Edition maps did not have SH-87 actually
> printed, leaving the shields to appear to be floating in the middle of
> nowhere.)
> - The surrounding states are all in black. Wonder why they decided to
> do this; seems like an awful lot of black ink wasted.
> - I don't know of much that has changed since last year, so I don't
> think there's anything new in the actual map. If someone else knows of
> something new they want me to look for, let me know.

I noticed another mapo....instead of the actual zigzag-multiplex of
I-540 on I-40 in Fort Smith, the map shows 540 going straight across
40.

Also, maybe more nitpickish, the strange OK 20/AR 43 stateline-
multiplex south of the OK-AR-MO corner, shows mapped only as OK 20,
and fully on the OK side.


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