The London Underground map is one of the most elegant pieces of design in the world, and is a great demonstration of topology too. Geographical distances between stations are sacrificed for clarity in showing the relationship between the different train lines and their stations.
But what does the tube map look like when placed on a geographical map? Simon Clarke in 2000 produced the map below. Simon's original pages seem to have disappeared, so I've taken the original image I saved years ago and put it here.
I'm not alone in admiring the quirks of the London Underground, so Geoff at geofftech.co.uk has produced a wide array of different versions of the well known maps.
Owen Massey has a very thorough collection of tube map links that have distracted me no end.
3 comments:
Greetings, Fish.
(Have you noticed how only nerds every greet one another with "greetings!"?)
hi matt!!! your post should come in handy as this newly minted doctor is moving to nottingham this fall for a postdoc! any info and/or advice for the move is welcomed!
hope all is well in the desert!
dr. a.
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