Photo: Moscow Metro Map
Being studied very intently by the man on the right. Looks like a tour group is coming through from the left… Source: cam17/Flickr
All posts tagged: metro map
Photo: Tactile
I absolutely love this photo. You can see where countless fingers have traced paths on this map, resting on popular locations and wearing the paper through. This is a map that has been used, and I think it’s fantastic. Source: tjhallett1/Flickr
Official Map: Metropolitana di Napoli, 2012 (2 of 2)
As promised, here’s the second map of Naples’ Metro system. Unlike the previous example, this one shows all of the rail transit options available in the city, which presents a much more complete picture. Like the previous map, this map also presents something that I’ve never seen before on a transit map: a “Rainbow Line” (arcobaleno in Italian), where each station on the line is assigned its own colour. However, this map and station signage […]
Official Map: Metropolitana di Napoli, 2012 (1 of 2)
Following on from the last post, here’s a map of Naples’ Metro system. Strangely, there are two completely different maps of the system available on the official MetroNapoli website: probably because different transit agencies control different lines. MetroNapoli runs only Lines 1 and 6 and Naples’ extensive funicular system, which is what is shown on this map. I’ll cover the other map, which does show all services in Naples as a unified map in my […]
Photo: Napoli Metro Line 2 Diagram
There’s something just so very Naples about this map. Source: eddrass/Flickr
Photo: Můstek
Detail of a Line A strip map in Prague. Source: daveglanz/Flickr
Historical Map: Paris Metro Map, 1956
Transit maps today are created on computer, and printed with advanced technology. We think nothing of using many different colours, adding a drop shadow behind type, adding a gradient to the background, transparency effects – all things that state-of-the-art design software makes perhaps a little too easy. As a contrast to these glitzy new-fangled maps, I present an antidote: a simply stunning, beautiful and ever-so-French map of the Paris Metro from 1956. It’s printed with […]
Official Map: Full Service Metro and Tram Map, Prague, 2012
The second map in our short series of current transit maps in Prague. Whereas yesterday’s map was perhaps a little light in information, this one goes in completely the other direction and shows absolutely everything. I’m not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but this is definitely a map for detailed analysis of transit in Prague, rather than a quick reference guide. What we like: Comprehensive and detailed overview of rail transit in Prague. […]
Official Map: Prague Metro Orientation Map, 2012
This is the first of three posts regarding current transit maps in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. All are part of a unified set of maps (all of which use the interesting framing device of stylised buildings and trams, which I can’t decide if I think is playfully irreverent or just plain stupid) and provide interesting lessons on how much information is “just right” for a transit map to be really useful. This […]
Postcards from Paris – Métro Edition
Here’s an interesting comparison of three different postcards of the Paris Métro system – one of which uses the official RATP artwork, and two more which definitely don’t. All three are of similar vintage (from at least 2007, as they all show the southern end of Line 14 at Olympiades station, which opened in that year). So they’re all basically showing the same thing, but take different approaches towards it. The first postcard uses the […]