Anthro, Steven Wright used to joke that his map was printed at 1:1…but I think we may have come closest to that reality.
Q: What do you get when you give middle school kids a thousand topographic maps, a key, and a gymnasium?
A: The entire state mapped at 1:24,000!
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Overhead shot of students and faculty arranging topographic maps to assemble giant map of Oregon. Approximately 1/4 of the state (from southern border) completed in view, as some place maps and others arrange them for placement.
Gymnasium floor (two basketball courts) filled with topographic maps laid in order to provide view of Oregon…panoramic view from SW corner.
Overhead oblique view of the entire state of Oregon as a topographic map compilation in a school gym. View is from SE corner of the state looking NW across the gym floor. Foreground is mostly white maps due to sparse vegetation of Eastern Oregon, and far (top) of state (western) in green maps due to heavy vegetation.
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