[zippzom]

Can you explain why there is a line going to the airport? Shouldn't the airport be more of an island of light (since I imagine most people aren't getting picked up / dropped off a half mile from the airport)?

Also did you overlay it onto a map? How did you get the angled effect if it's just a grid?

[eck]

> Can you explain why there is a line going to the airport?

I assume it is because there is a fixed fare to/from JFK so drivers have little incentive to start/stop the meter at the exact pickup/dropoff location.

> Also did you overlay it onto a map?

No. If taxis did not pick up or drop off people on some street, that street does not appear. For example there is an area downtown where there are streets but they have had security barriers since 9/11 thus no taxis.

> How did you get the angled effect if it's just a grid?

None of NYCs grids are exactly north/south/east/west aligned.

[myth_buster]

I was thinking of overlaying it on a map but since it's a small cross section being referenced,

there is not much distortion (world appears flat) which makes it quite clever hack to plot on the grid!