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Category Archives: Maps
I am curious London
Readers of TBTP know that I am enamored with London. Over the years, I have had the good fortune to spend quite a bit of time there and I even wrote a budget travel guide for the British capital. So, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Maps, Museums, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged City of London, Great Britain, London
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Alternative Metro Mapping
The former lead designer for the Moscow Department of Transportation, Constantine Konovalov, and his team of graphic artists and animators at the Tetter-Totter-Tam Studio, has developed a brilliant alternative to RATP Paris’ official Metro map. After two and a half … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Maps, Public Transport, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Mapping, Metro, Paris
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Data Visualization Is A Beautiful Thing
These wonderful graphic representations of air travel routes were based on 600,000 flight routes from 3,200 airports around the world. Swiss programmer Martin Grandjean utilized data from OpenFlights.org to create the graphics. Check out his fascinating website to learn more.
Posted in Air Travel, Europe, Maps, Public Transport, Tech
Tagged Air Traffic, Air Travel, airports, Data Visualization
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Worth a trip just for the pastries
The newest travel guide from the media brand Monocle is devoted entirely to Austria’s grand capital of Vienna. Much like the previous eleven editions in the travel guide series, this book is divided into nine sections focusing on the usual … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Europe, Maps, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Austria, Monocle, Vienna, Wien
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Paris Gets Gify With It
The fun French internet-based art gallery Balibart has collaborated with PhenixDigital to create the first outdoor exhibition of animated gifs in Paris. The show will be displayed on a network of 100 digital screens around the city, with a varied … Continue reading
Back to Middle Earth
Last year, I posted on the surprise discovery of a previously unknown annotated map of Middle Earth that J.R.R. Tolkien had created while working on the 1970 reissue edition of The Lord of the Rings (Allen & Unwin). The map … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Libraries, Maps, Writing
Tagged Bodleian Library, England, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Oxford University
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Would Harry Beck Approve ?
Literary map geeks rejoice—TfL has released a Shakespeare-themed Underground map just in time to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the bard’s passing tomorrow. The Tube lines have been cleverly renamed for Shakespearean characters, locations, plays, and themes. The map will … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Maps, Public Transport
Tagged Globe, London, Shakespeare
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Last Stop Biscuit Town
I’m an avid follower of the Londonist blog, where I found the “Tube Map of Lost London”. The nostalgic, alternative map depicts once well known sites and neighborhoods that have been lost to history. Although even I’m old enough to … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, History, Maps, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Baker Street, London, Marylebone, TFL, The Tube
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Formulary for a new urbanism
Drawing on his interest in contemporary psychogeography and cartography, the British artist known as Fuller—aka Gareth Wood—spent a decade working on his London Town project. Created with black ink on cotton board, the intricately detailed illustrated map of Britain’s capital … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Libraries, Maps, Tourism
Tagged British Library, Cartography, London, Psychogeography
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