Suburb full of one-way streets

[Zeffy]

I recently read that all of NJ is a suburb.

Newark and Jersey City beg to differ.

OT: Manville seems to be chock full of one-way streets, but I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for, considering it has a psuedo street grid system:

https://goo.gl/maps/myJ0m

Also, how the hell do you get the coordinates to embed a Google Map image in your post? The only thing I can figure out right now is the latitude and longitude.

[vtk]

Camden's a suburb now?

I recently read that all of NJ is a suburb.

That's cute. I recently read all of Ohio sucks. But I've been there, so I know it's just a particular area within Columbus.

To be specific, I read that in one of NE2's posts in another thread. I'm sure your source is equally reputable, though I lament the escalation of malice ("is a suburb"  → "sucks" ).

Also, how the hell do you get the coordinates to embed a Google Map image in your post? The only thing I can figure out right now is the latitude and longitude.

I'm pretty sure that was just a screenshot added to the post as any other static image. You can't embed arbitrary things in posts that aren't explicitly accomodated by BBCode tags – I believe that's a design feature meant to thwart malicious exploits.

Upon further review, that's not a screenshot, but it's still just a simple image as far as the forum is concerned. To find out how to do that yourself, try googling "google maps api image" .

[jeffandnicole]

Camden's a suburb now?

I recently read that all of NJ is a suburb.

Kinda sorta.  Yeah, if you want to define a suburb where a lot of people live while working in the city, a good portion of NJ is either a suburb of NYC or Philly.  To say that it's ALL a suburb is pushing it though...I wouldn't consider Cape May or Cumberland Counties suburbs of either major city for example.

In most other states not bordered by 2 of the 6 largest cities in America barely 100 miles away from each other, Atlantic City, Trenton, Camden, Newark, etc would all be decent cities, have their own TV/Radio stations, etc.  (And yes, while there are a few stations within each of those cities, we're not talking all of the Big 4.)  Heck, I'm still amazed that Trenton is able to maintain 2 daily newspapers.

[Alps]

I recently read that all of NJ is a suburb.

That's cute. I recently read all of Ohio sucks. But I've been there, so I know it's just a particular area within Columbus.

To be specific, I read that in one of NE2's posts in another thread. I'm sure your source is equally reputable, though I lament the escalation of malice ("is a suburb"  → "sucks" ).

Sweeping generalizations are sweeping, is my point.
Manville is indeed a suburb (up to you whether you want to consider Somerville the "city" or not). At least 70% of the state is not at all urban or suburban. People just like pointing at the 30%.

[Zeffy]

Manville is indeed a suburb (up to you whether you want to consider Somerville the "city" or not).

I mean, I could kinda say Somerville is a very small city at most, but in reality it's just a borough. Of course, I realized that in New Jersey, a borough honestly is a small city...

Also, I Googled how to use their API but even the developer reference doesn't list shit: the coordinates of what I want to use are 40° 32.831, -74° 35.537, so someone tell me how to translate that into a Google Map image, because what I've tried has not worked at all.

[vtk]

Also, I Googled how to use their API but even the developer reference doesn't list shit: the coordinates of what I want to use are 40° 32.831, -74° 35.537, so someone tell me how to translate that into a Google Map image, because what I've tried has not worked at all.

There's a simple example here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/imageapis/

The latitude and longitude are specified in the "center=" parameter. I'm not sure which is first, so you'll have to try one then the other. North and East are positive, South and West are negative (probably).  Also, you need to specify the coordinates in decimal degrees, not degrees plus decimal minutes as you wrote above.  The "zoom=" parameter is another one you just kinda have to guess at and see which gives the right coverage.  The "size=" parameter is the size of the image you're asking for, in pixels.  As for the last parameter, "sensor=false" will be correct for just about every conceiveable use case you'll likely have.

[dgolub]

How about Long Beach, NY?  There are a lot of one-way streets there.

[Zeffy]

Using VTK's information.. (and some decimal degree calculator I Googled):

[jeffandnicole]

Why are we still included grids in this discussion? 

[Alps]

Why are we still included grids in this discussion? 

Because many suburbs are on a grid system.