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i have discovered that this exists:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/226406157520
and have confirmed that the main printer can (just) handle the medium and also has dye-based ink
so I think this is worth a go
eBayKoala Printable Vinyl Sticker Paper Roll Inkjet Printer 13"X32.8 FT Matte 13 In | eBayAvailable in glossy and matte finishes, it works with inkjet printers for high-quality, vibrant prints. This waterproof and durable vinyl is ideal for indoor and outdoor use (need to add extra protection when using outdoors).
First addition to Maps 2.0.2 (probably September) is a block-long half-dirt connector between Ashworth and Densmore continuing N 157th for pedestrians and bicyclists willing to deal with a dirt path.
spotted it on the Shortline Urbanist ride today
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Now I do agree that overall it's less more red. That actually seems to have worked. And the near-blacks are less blown out; the new one actually is closer!
But the 25% greys are just mauve. As is Snohomish County. And the mids are darker when I moved them _less_ than the previous time.
what're you doin' to me here, printer.
oh good, it’s a moving target
the one on the right is home printed and pretty good. the one on left is latest, and LESS mids-shifted and LESS red-shifted than the middle
which means it’s not a consistent printer (or it has some batshit algo for colour matching that absolutely doesn’t work which works out to the same thing
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It's not that it's that bad of a bad price now - $17.50.
That's an 80% hike, which is exactly in line with the hike I saw in ink prices a couple of weeks ago, and I knew from previous conversations that their price is based entirely upon ink costs.
So they're not gouging, it's just WHELP
goddammit
ups store raised printing prices
fucking orange shitgibbon tariffs
I've made the bikemap wiki somewhat less terrible.
https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/wiki
I will take comments on making it more less terrible.
GitHubHomeA bike infrastructure mapping project for NW King and SW Snohomish counties, The Greater Northshore Bike Map links the Seattle and 2 Line Eastside maps, making them all more useful. Printed, it fol...
RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 2.0.1 - 4 August 2025
Updates this release are fairly minor EXCEPT for the decades-awaited connection from Elliot Bay Trail to Waterfront, and an important new set of bike lanes on Meridian in Shoreline.
As always, check the blog post for the deets:
https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/08/04/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-2-0-1/
Maps download:
https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/
Previous permalinks continue to work.
If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/solarbird
Enjoy!
Real announcement tomorrow but if you're an early bird enjoy MAPS 2.0.1 RELEASE
https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/
See the readme for changes.
GitHubGitHub - solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap: A bike infrastructure mapping project for NW King and SW Snohomish counties, The Greater Northshore Bike Map links the Seattle and 2 Line Eastside maps, making them all more useful. Printed, it folds as small as 4x8½". The MEGAMAP edition combines those maps plus Greater Newcastle into a large foldable poster for display or backpack use.A bike infrastructure mapping project for NW King and SW Snohomish counties, The Greater Northshore Bike Map links the Seattle and 2 Line Eastside maps, making them all more useful. Printed, it fol...
three one-offs for the three bike shops at the very northern edge of Greater Northshore coverage area.
note how they all have left-side extensions, from the megamap. for two of them, it’s absolutely necessary since they’re so far north they're _only_ on the megamap.
i will NOT be making a habit of this xD
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next morning! the QR code still works and everything :D
drenched with poly and frontside heat laminated, then run under a faucet for several seconds, 20 minutes later
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lol get diffed
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big print smol
big print lorge
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@Jay23Jay@troet.cafe @mastobikes_de@a.gup.pe @fedibikes_de@a.gup.pe
Viele hier arbeiten mit #Brouter / #Bikerouter.
Ich selbst nutze (noch) zumeist #Komoot, alternativ #Outdooractive und #RideWithGPS
Darüber hinaus kenne ich #Locusmap, #Bikemap, #Naviki
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Because of another temporary closure I'm not going to drop a map with this until August 4thish, because otherwise I'd have to add a warning flag and then take it right back again :/
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Meanwhile the closest to correct water colour is base tint +50%, which is still too green everywhere else.
Basically, this is a weird printer.
I think I'm gonna try +1/8th on the red - maybe just a little shy of that - and +35 to 40% on the contrast. I really like how the non-bike-streets show up really clearly above +25% and I want to see how much of that I can retain _without_ starting to blow out the dark grey text.