This isn’t really a post about maps, but it all started with a map. You could say the topic is related to wayfinding, but mostly it’s about a great design exhibit, one you…
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I recently explored this new show at the British Library. A word of advice before entering this show – be prepared, it’s jammed packed with great maps. Make sure you…
Does anything strike you as odd about the drawing? This panoramic diagram is just north of St. Pancras and Kings Cross stations in North London, just across the canal from…
In June, I had the opportunity to visit the University of Wisconsin, to see the globe collection of the American Geographical Society (AGS), in Milwaukee. The AGS’s entire collection of…
Well, maybe someone does, but mostly they write about the bus map’s more outgoing sibling, the London tube map. People make alternative tube maps, they map emotions, housing prices and…
This is a crowd-sourced interactive map of the area around Whitechapel, from Petticoat Lane (Middlesex Street) to the Royal London Hospital. Each outlined building is clickable. If you have images…
I had the pleasure of meeting two men who spend much of their time making maps from London’s data. Oliver O’Brien is an expert in web mapping and the lead…
Of course I wonder about the state of paper maps in the age of smart phone maps and apps that can get you around efficiently (usually). Several people I’ve spoken…
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