Describing Medellín as a complex tropical high Andean urban system
Fig 2
Qualitative fractality in Medellín.
A) Planimetric system of Medellín. The origin of the Cartesian plane is defined as the intersection of the Aburrá River with the San Juan Avenue. From this origin, the four quadrants (and their visual order) are defined: SE (FF), SW (RFI), NE (HD), and NW (BOP). Target bridge intersections are highlighted in numbered squares. B) Emerging urban fractals at the intersections of the Aburrá River. The different visual orders in the urban landscape are determined by fieldwork and are portrayed in a color code to facilitate their identification by the composition of urban functions. Basemap data from the OpenStreetMap project [48] (https://planet.openstreetmap.org/) and GeoMedellín Open Data [49](https://www.medellin.gov.co/geomedellin/datosAbiertos/).