A nation divided - into perfect square miles

[billpg]

Should have split the land into hexagons instead.

[JoeAltmaier]

Lets do that on Mars! A chance to start with a clean slate.

[Oatseller]

the.jefferson.grid Instagram account linked in the article: https://instagram.com/the.jefferson.grid/

[johansch]

This stuff feels really alien to Europeans who visit the US. We're used to really weird looking polygons with way too many vertices when dividing the land...

(All of those vertices of course having some sort of historic explanation.)

As a city tourist though, I really like the grid street system.

[ginko]

I wonder: Are there places where you can see necessary adjustments to account for the curvature of the Earth with this approach?

[powera]

My understanding is that every 36 miles, you have actual latitude/longitude lines as the boundary, and a few of the sections are adjusted slightly so the rest are 1 mile by 1 mile. (I don't remember the exact details)

[bradb3030]

My Dad always said the turn on the road here was because of that. https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1818501,-110.1911451,14z

[oldfatslow]

Looks like my attempt at Cities: Skylines