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Just how far can the Tube take you?

Just how far can the Tube take you?

Transport for London have just released their performance data (link here) for the London Underground network. It is in the form of a really detailed file that contains, amongst other things, the “Peak Operated Kilometres” and “Peak Passenger Journeys” for the past 6 years or so. If you total the distances covered by the Tube ...

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Harry Beck Inspired Maps

Harry Beck Inspired Maps

This past week I have come across a few original interpretations of Harry Beck’s classic London Underground Map. The Threadless clothing website has thrown up a couple. The first is of my favorites  and is a Middle Earth Metro map. The second from threadless is a map of the Metropolitan Cardiac Authority Transport Routes: Continuing ...

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17 Sep London | 2 comments

Update: New London Tube Map

Update: New London Tube Map

Mark Easton reports on his blog that the Thames is back on the tube map!

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16 Sep London | 5 comments

New London Tube Map: When cartography matters

New London Tube Map: When cartography matters

It is amazing that every day we view maps and rarely think twice about the amount of information they show, or consider them abstractions of reality representing the map maker’s view of the world. This is one of the major criticisms of GIS and spatial science as many believe it is impossible to represent the ...

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