Comments on: What would happen if you were to connect all the ZIP codes in the US in ascending order?

What would happen if you were to connect all the ZIP codes in the US in ascending order?

Kwantsar — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:15:38 -0800

The US ZIPScribble map.

By: Kwantsar

Kwantsar — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:22:22 -0800

via

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:38:01 -0800

Neat!

By: hal9k

hal9k — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:43:03 -0800

What would happen if you were to connect all the ZIP codes in the US in ascending order? How about bike said path? And mail, like, a cancelled postcard from each post office to prove it? Probably been done.

By: rob511

rob511 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:43:50 -0800

The lower 48 (via ZS) vs. Big Cluck (via Saul Steinberg) You be the judge!

By: subaruwrx

subaruwrx — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:32:44 -0800

Interesting. Then I got derailed into the utah cum morman debate and lost interest

By: OverlappingElvis

OverlappingElvis — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:28:43 -0800

Very cool - I'd love to see a version with more organic (less jaggy, less digital) lines, a truly scribbled map (but still preserving the data and intent).

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:59:58 -0800

It's very cool as a visualization, but I was lost on why he was so coy about the state lines. It's very obviously part of the Zone Improvement Plan's organizing principle.

By: nebulawindphone

nebulawindphone — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:18:39 -0800

So what do the boundaries within states represent? They don't appear to be county lines — there's too few of them — although they may be the lines between groups of counties. Anyone know?

By: gimonca

gimonca — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:29:34 -0800

Those are between three-digit zipcode groups, or clumps of them. Twin Cities, Minnesota has a clump for 550-551-553-554.

By: poppo

poppo — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:22:05 -0800

What can I do with this?

By: etoile

etoile — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:26:37 -0800

Wow, does nobody live in northeastern Nevada?