“Tokyo and Mexico Subway Maps” Painting by Kim Tackett
Ahh, nothing like some subway map-inspired art to start your day. I quite like this! Source: kim.tackett/Flickr
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Photo: Tube Map Livery on GB Railfreight Engine 66721
A couple of great photos showing the unique Underground Map-themed livery on GB Railfreight engine 66721. The left side of the engine shows a portion of the original 1933 H.C. Beck design, while the right side shows the corresponding part of the 2013 Tube map. I believe that this engine is used to perform maintenance work on sections of the Underground, so the theme is certainly appropriate, as is the engine’s name plaque, seen in […]
Photo: Lost in Berlin
Heh. Love the expression on his face. Source: TGKW/Flickr
Detail, Transit Map of Milan, Italy
A detail of a city-wide map showing the approximate limits of the historical centre of Milan. I’m guessing that this is located in or near the Duomo Metro station, based on the way that the map is worn away at that point – as I’ve mentioned before, many users will actually point to their starting location on a map as they trace their intended route. The thick green/yellow/red lines are the Metro, blue lines are […]
Photo: Worst. Bus Map. Ever.
Well, crap. Source: Chester Beltowski/Flickr
Photo – Seoul Metro Pen Map
Cute and tiny. Only possible because of the brevity of most of the station names – two to four characters only. Source: Ti.mo/Flickr
Photo: Charing Cross Road, London, 1995
What a fantastic photo! More than anything, it illustrates how people actually use maps in real life. Now that a destination has been reached via the Tube, a street map is required for the next stage of the journey. There’s some serious study of that map going on here! Also, look at the Tube map on the wall behind our geographically-challenged subject. Charing Cross Road goes right past Leicester Square tube station, where I’m almost […]
Photo: Slope
The Lyon Metro map (March 2012, 4 stars) on the platform at Croix-Paquet station – reputedly the steepest Metro station in the world, with a 17 percent grade! Although nominally part of Lyon’s Metro system, the “C” Line is really a refurbished rack-and-pinion funicular, with the earliest trains running as far back as 1891. Source: BrusselsBen/Flickr
Photo: Bus Map of Northern Sichuan, China
Just in case you forgot you were looking at a bus map, we’ve helpfully added sixteen – yes, sixteen! – clip art images of buses to remind you. Pair with a similarly ridiculous train map from Poland. Source: Philou.cn/Flickr
File Under Awesome: London Tube Map Recreated With Lego Bricks
Sent my way by just about everyone this morning, this Lego map is one of five located at Tube stations across London as another part of the Tube’s 150th birthday celebrations. Each map shows the Tube at a different stage of development from the 1920s right through to the version shown here: a near-future map for 2020. Painstakingly assembled from thousands of Lego bricks, the map looks great, although Neil Bennett from Digital Arts notes […]