Photo: Tokyo Metro Line Legend
Can we just talk about how beautiful this is? Source: tokyoform/Flickr
All posts tagged: Asia
Submission – Historical Map: Proposed Underground Mass Transit, Jakarta, Indonesia, c. 1993
Submitted by Josh Brandt, who says: I used to work at a university, and one day while poking through some dumpsters I found a big hardbound book full of architectural drawings and tables and things, a final report on developing a mass transit system for Jakarta. I don’t know if that sort of thing interests you, but here are some pictures of pages from it. They planned for 2 lines, NS and EW, and mapped […]
Replica 1958 Transit Map at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, Japan
No seriously: a museum devoted to ramen (in all honesty, it actually sounds pretty awesome). This map is found on the main floor of the museum, where nine restaurants serve different styles of ramen from Japan and around the world in a faithfully recreated Japanese streetscape from 1958 – the year that instant ramen was invented. As to which transit system it represents, I can’t even begin to guess. The original post on Flickr posits […]
Photo: Incheon Airport Bus Map
As a functional map, this is pretty much useless, as it just looks like giant balls of yarn are unravelling across Incheon and Seoul. Source: leonardo.bonanni/Flickr
Unofficial Map: Istanbul Railway Network by Bertan Kılıçcıoglu
I’ve already featured an excellent unofficial map of Istanbul’s transit network by Kerim Bayer (June 2012, 4 stars), but here’s a new one that’s worthy of some attention. First, let’s note that Istanbul’s transit network has expanded considerably in the last couple of years, and there’s now finally a rail connection across the Bosphorus, as well as a new Metro bridge over the Golden Horn (with a station in the middle of the span, no […]
Photo: Tassenger (sic) Traffic Circuit Sketch Map
Putting the “net” in “network”. Long distance bus map in Qingdao, China. Source: chrisdrum/Flickr – link no longer active
Tokyo Subway Godzilla Map!
Because Godzilla and subway map. Together. Source: gameraboy
Historical Map: Detail of a Tokyo Streetcar Map, c. 1950
Not much more to say here except that this is gorgeous, despite the primitive artwork and terrible colour registration. Source: Fluoride’s memories/Flickr
Adorable Hand-Drawn Seoul Metro Map
Love it. Source: Ra_roar/Flickr
Photo: Istanbul Metro Station Sign
Well, I guess that’s one place to put your map. It’s nice and visible from both platforms, at least! Source: SpirosK photography/Flickr