History of Roadgeeking

[Rothman]

Got RMcN atlases for Christmas and my family had a collection of some state maps from before I was born that was gradually expanded.

Remember we had one old map that had the old remark that the speed limit was 80 mph on Interstate Highways unless otherwise posted...

[ClassicHasClass]

I used to draw road and infrastructure stuff also when I was a kid.  I had a pretty kick ass Lego city going through high school.  I often would repurpose some of the building for east A grades on projects.  Pretty much all of this got thrown out the window and/or abandoned once I graduated high school.  Adult life started fast once I packed up and moved to Phoenix.

I routed Interstate 19 down our cul-de-sac and marked off exits and control "cities." This was before I realized there was already an Interstate 19 because I just liked the number. I was seven at the time.

[bandit957]

So what was roadgeeking like back in the 80s and 90s?

It ruled.

[Roadgeekteen]

So what was roadgeeking like back in the 80s and 90s?

It ruled.

Did it poo?

[bandit957]

(and there was even a software package someone wrote and shared around that would generate route logs for a given state; I remember route56's Kansas site used that).

I don't remember this at all. But I did essentially put out a complete Kentucky log by writing a FreeBASIC program to parse out data from the shapefiles.

[Max Rockatansky]

I used to draw road and infrastructure stuff also when I was a kid.  I had a pretty kick ass Lego city going through high school.  I often would repurpose some of the building for east A grades on projects.  Pretty much all of this got thrown out the window and/or abandoned once I graduated high school.  Adult life started fast once I packed up and moved to Phoenix.

I routed Interstate 19 down our cul-de-sac and marked off exits and control "cities." This was before I realized there was already an Interstate 19 because I just liked the number. I was seven at the time.

I had model Lodge Freeway trenched out in the sandbox when I was a toddler.  I used 2x4s I found behind the shed for the overpasses.  I vaguely recall digging out too much sand and causing a mess in the backyard grass.

[bandit957]

One of the things I did growing up was create a fictional island country that was on the exact opposite side of the Earth. I don't know if I got the location exactly right, but I think it might have been in the Indian Ocean. Its head of state didn't do much except "sort poop." I remember drawing a crude map of this country on notebook paper. Later, I made more detailed street maps on graph paper.

[bandit957]

Another thing I remember is that this fictional country released a pop chart of the top 3 songs each week. It was the same as Billboard's Hot 100 except that it deleted anything that was too "adult contemporary."

[LilianaUwU]

Its head of state didn't do much except "sort poop."

Sounds cool.