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From: David Wallis <wallis@surfplaza.com>
Subject: [line] Maps of USA
Date: 1996/07/24
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organization: Wallis Enterprises: http://www.surfplaza.com/
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I saw the maps Jorn made of the USA, and also a pretty good map that 
David Issel collected that was labelled with airport codes.

But I wasn't satisfied with those, so I came up with my own: 


No labels:

     +-..__                                                    _ 
  \~\}     |~|-----......,______  ,                           | \
   }       | }           |      }~ ~~---,                   _/   >
  [~}_,..--| {           |      \     /~`-<^;=>          ,~! !\,'
  }        }  \ _________|-------}   {     Y ;^~}    ___,! !_!_Y 
 {        {    ~|        |       !    \    ! [ `^\   )     !--+,\>
 }---,____|_____|        |_____  }~~~~~\---!_}___/ _/~~~~\_]`^~`~
(    |      |   |        |     `~\      }   |  | `~|      (( 
{    |      |   ~~|~~~~~~~|       !----{    |  |  ,'--+----))
 ?   `.     |     |       |~~~~~~~~\    \_  | ,'~~\.  /~~\_|}
 {     `.   |     |       |         |     \_!~     /`~     \
  }__    `.,+-----+------++---------+_____ }--~~~~~~/~~~~~~~}
     \     }      |      |~~~|      !     ~!_______/_..._  /
      !   {       |      |   |._    ]     /  |  \  `.    `Y
       ~~~}       |      |      `^~`^|---{   |   !   `.  /
           `-._   | _____|           [   /_  |  _\     Y'
               `~~'~ \               }     !_|_[_ ~~~~~\
                      \_/~\       ,-^~`^~?_{     `^~\   \
                           \     /                   {   \
                            \   [                     \   !
                             `._! DLW96                `._!


State Codes:

     +-..__                                                    _ 
  \~\} WA  |~|-----......,______  ,                           | \
   }       | }    MT     |  ND  }~ ~~---,                 VT_/ME >
  [~}_,..--| {           |      \ MN  /~`-<^;=>          ,~! !\,'
  }  OR    }ID\ _________|-------}   {  WI Y ;^~}    ___,! !_!_Y NH
 {        {    ~|  WY    |  SD   !    \    ! [MI^\   ) NY  !--+,\>MA
 }---,____|_____|        |_____  }~~~~~\---!_}___/ _/~~~~\_]`^~`~
(    |      |   |        |  NE `~\ IA   }IL |IN| `~| PA   (( CT RI
{    |  NV  |   ~~|~~~~~~~|       !----{    |  |OH,'--+MD--))NJ
 ? CA`.     | UT  |  CO   |~~~~~~~~\ MO \_  | ,'~~\.WV/~~\_|}DE
 {     `.   |     |       |  KS     |     \_!~KY   /`~VA   \
  }__    `.,+-----+------++---------+_____ }--~~~~~~/~~~~~~~}
     \     }      |      |~~~| OK   ! AR  ~!__TN___/_..._NC/
      !   {  AZ   |  NM  |   |._    ]     /  |  \  `. SC `Y
       ~~~}       |      |      `^~`^|---{MS |AL !GA `.  /
           `-._   | _____|   TX      [LA /_  |  _\     Y'
               `~~'~ \               }     !_|_[_ ~~~~~\
                      \_/~\       ,-^~`^~?_{     `^~\ FL\
                           \     /                   {   \
                            \   [                     \   !
                             `._! DLW96                `._!


Airport codes:

     +-..__                                                    _ 
  \~\}SEA  |~|-----......,______  ,                           | \
   }    GEG| }   GTF     |      }~ ~~---,                   _/PWM>
  [~}_,..--| { BTM BIL   |   FAR\  DLH/~`-<^;=>          ,~! !\,'
  } PDX PDT}  \ _________|-------}MSP{ GRB Y ;^~}    ___,! !_!_Y 
 {  EUG   {BOI ~|        |RAP FSD!    \ MKE! [ `^\DTW)BUF  !--+,\>BOS
 }---,____|_____|JAC CPR |_____  }~~~~~\---!_}___/ _/~~~~\_]`^~`~BDL/PVD
(    |      |   |     CYS|     `~\ DSM  }ORD|  | `~|   PHL((JFK/LGA/NYC
{ SFO|RNO   |SLC~~|~~~~~~~|    OMA!----{ PIA|  |  ,'--+----))EWR
 ?OAK`.     |PVU  |  DEN  |~~~~~~~~\MCI \_  | ,'~~\.  /~~\_|}BWI
 {SJC  `.LAS|     |   COS |     ICT |  STL\_!~ LEX /`~  IAD\DCA/WAS
  }__LAX `.,+-----+------++---------+_____ }--~~~~~~/~~~~~~~}
     \SNA  } GCN  |  SAF |~~~|   TUL!     ~!_______/_..._  /
      !SAN{  FLG  | ABQ  |AMA|._OKC ] LIT /  |  \  `. CAE`Y
       ~~~}  PHX  |   ROW|      `^~`^|---{JAN|BHM!ATL`.  /
           `-._TUS| _____|LBB  DFW   [SHV/_  |  _\ SAV Y'
               `~~'~ \ELP     AUS IAH}  MSY!_|_[_ ~~~~~\
                      \_/~\  SAT  ,-^~`^~?_{     `^~\MCO\
                           \     /                   {TPA\
                            \BRO[                     \MIA!
                             `._! DLW96                `._!



State codes and number of chapters of BMFUSA:

     +-..__                                                    _ 
  \~\} WA  |~|-----......,______  ,                           | \
   }       | }    MT     |  ND  }~ ~~---,                 VT_/ME >
  [~}_,..--| {     2     |   2  \ MN  /~`-<^;=>          ,~! !\,'
  }  OR    }ID\ _________|-------} 2 {  WI Y ;^~}    ___,! !_!_Y NH
 {    2   {    ~|  WY    |  SD   !    \  1 ! [MI^\   ) NY 9!--+,\>MA
 }---,____|_____|        |_____  }~~~~~\---!_}___/ _/~~~~\_]`^~`~
(    |      |   |        |  NE `~\ IA   }IL |IN|OH~| PA   (( CT RI
{    |  NV  |   ~~|~~~~~~~|       !----{  2 |  | 2,'--+MD--))NJ
 ? CA`.  4  | UT  |  CO   |~~~~~~~~\ MO \_  | ,'~~\.WV/~~\_|}DE
 { 27  `.   |     |   1   |  KS 7   | 6   \_!~KY 1 /`~VA 2 \
  }__    `.,+-----+------++---------+_____ }--~~~~~~/~~~~~~~}
     \     }      |      |~~~| OK   ! AR  ~!__TN_2_/_.NC_3 /
      !   {  AZ   |  NM  |   |._1   ]     /  |  \  `. SC `Y
       ~~~}       |      |      `^~`^|---{MS |AL !GA `.  /
           `-._   | _____|   TX      [LA /_  | 2_\     Y'
               `~~'~ \        1      }     !_|_[_ ~~~~~\
                      \_/~\       ,-^~`^~?_{     `^~\ FL\
                           \     /                   { 9 \
                            \   [                     \   !
                             `._! DLW96                `._!

   

See http://www.surfplaza.com/bmfusa for how I used this last one.
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