Submitted by Sam Gold, who says:
“Taken last week on Line 2 of the Seoul Metro. I found these system maps to be close to unusable!”
Transit Maps says: Hard to disagree with Sam here. You’d need some excellent vision or really good glasses to be able to make out all the detail on this map, which crams all of Seoul’s extensive system into an area often used to show just one line or far simpler systems.
Simple but effective use of an otherwise long and empty space on the station shelter. Could do with a bit of a clean, though.
Source: Sweet One/Flickr
If you’ve got a spare 1500 quid lying around, you could pick up this sweet London Tube coffee table by artist Alex Hammond for Christmas. Limited edition of 50.
See also: MetroTable, a Moscow Metro-themed coffee table.
Source: Alex’s website – link no longer active
(Warning: extremely expensive but incredibly desirable transit-related plaything!)
It’s not often I get to post a video – but this looks simply amazing. Forget the kids, I want this! More info on PlaySomething’s site here (link unfortunately no longer active).
Source: Via @bobbygenalo on Twitter
Definitely more a piece of art using the Moscow Metro as inspiration than an actual usable map, but still noteworthy. Taking the spoke and hub nature of the Metro completely literally, the work shows the stations along each line in the form of concentric rings: simple, but graphically effective. I have no doubt that a seasoned Muscovite Metro commuter would be able to locate the stations they use quite easily.
Source: aircoooled karma/Flickr
I’ve tried making comics about my time in New York in the past but I couldn’t articulate the feelings. It’s a strange feeling missing a city, especially when it’s not your home town but I think most people understand the feeling of wanting to belong or feeling like they don’t. Anyways these have been some words.
A nicely poignant little web comic, cleverly using the New York subway map as part of the narrative.
From an HO-scale model railway diorama. The miniature subway map is pretty neat, really.
Source: ShellyS/Flickr
Submitted by the awesome Gnimmel’s House of Maps, who says:
There are a lot of infographics around which are based on the tube map, and a lot which are based on the periodic table. So I decided to combine the two. Here’s a tube map of the periodic table (see also here for more details) and there’s also a periodic table of the tube map.
Transit Maps says:
Science combined with a tube map equals a win in my book! It’s been a long time since high school chemistry for me, but this diagram seems to make pretty good sense, with the “fare zones” and “route lines” accurately depicting the different properties (groups, blocks, periods, etc.) of the periodic table. I especially like the “ River Thames”, which separates gases, liquids and solids – with liquids being “stations” placed in the river. This leads to Mercury – a metal that’s also a liquid at room temperature – getting its own little “lake”, a nice touch indeed.
Our Rating: Pretty darn awesome! Four stars.
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