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
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Fantasy Map: Gotham Transit Authority Map from “The Dark Knight Rises”
It’s Batman Day! (Who knew, right?) In honour of the world’s greatest detective, here’s a strangely familiar transit map that was used as a prop during filming of “The Dark Knight Rises”. And here’s a link to a great article on Smithsonian.com about the surprisingly well-defined and official geography of Batman’s hometown. Also: this. Source: New Jersey Star-Ledger
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 Source: chrisdrum/Flickr – link no longer active
Photo: Making Sense of It All
Submitted by Mark, who says: I was trying to capture a photo of the remnants of this strip list/map when the little girl got in the way and made the photo much better. Transit Maps says: Awwwwwwwwwww!
Submission – Historical Map: MARTA Rail System, 1984
Submitted by Chris Bastian. The map is almost identical to the one shown in this photo submitted by Matt Johnson a couple of years ago, but with the “Under Construction/Design” dots for the extremities of the North/South line clearly visible.
Photo: Bus Map? Or Periodic Table?
Not really as bad as all that, but an amusing comparison nonetheless. There’s probably a good reason for the crossed out duplicate route numbers, but I sure as heck don’t know what it is. Source: anna pickard/Flickr
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
Photo: 38 Bus Stop Map, Brooklyn
Rough as guts, but it gets the job done, I guess. Nice big route number, easy to spot “You Are Here” arrow, a north pointer, points of interest and street names. Go! Source: H.L. Edwards/Flickr
Photo: The Underground Map – Then and Now
A nicely executed little montage of Underground maps through the years. From left to right: what looks like the 1932 version of the F.H Stingemore map, the original 1933 H.C. Beck diagram, and a modern day Tube Map. I have to say, the Underground uniforms in the 1930s were a lot nicer than their modern counterparts!
Photo: Mexico City Metro Linea 3 Map… or List
About as simple and directly to-the-point as a line map can get. Really, it’s just a bulleted list, with each station’s icon serving as the bullet. Of note though, is how each icon has its own very distinct shape within the square (with a rounded corner) framework. Each is easily identifiable, even from a bit of a distance. Source: dogseat/Flickr