mjmooney Posted May 27, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2011 Rather fantastic London Underground map I've always admired the French approach to map making, it's somewhat different. Their maps always seem to be more attractive than ours. Compare a Michelin map of an area of france to an OS map of a similar area of Britain and the Michelin map will always win for me. They are more attractive to the eye I suppose whilst losing little of the OS maps functionality. OS maps are rather British, straight edged and matter of fact. The French to kind of follow their national traits and appear good on the eye, retaining their practicality but with a little odd quirkiness that once you are used to and understand enhances the whole experience. (anyone sends this to Pseuds corner and I will hunt you down ) On the money, this. Michelin maps look really good. Unfortunately, for accuracy and reliability they are pissed on from a great height by British OS maps. And actually, I do like the look of the OS style as well. Has a certain pre-war retro charm about it. Also, the old Paris Metro map was so useless they got the guy who did the London Underground one to re-do it for them, with much better results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Also, the old Paris Metro map was so useless they got the guy who did the London Underground one to re-do it for them, with much better results. Harry Beck? I think his Tube map has to be one of the iconic images of the 20th century. It has since been copied by pretty much every public transport company in the world. The French Map I linked above looks beautiful. It's really nice to look at on a big computer screen at home to kill a bit of time, but if I was actually trying to get from A to B, I'd take Beck's classic tube map every single time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted July 12, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2011 Breaking down the US into "call data communities". Basically, from looking at anonymized call data, people within each block of color are more likely to call someone in that zone than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Someone actually needed to employ a research company to tell them that people are more likely to phone their neighbours than people in other parts of the country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Interesting to see such close links between Florida and New England though. I assume Florida is a place New Englanders go to retire, or did they just run out of colours? Oh, and one for Levi do guess correctly at the first attempt. Though this one is very easy (imo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuchanan Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 And when you've guessed that one, have a go at this one: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5925800427_f907d120c9_o.jpg Blue = something Orange = something White = Blue and Orange combined Edit: linked for size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 13, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13, 2011 Jackson Pollock's map of London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 And when you've guessed that one, have a go at this one: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5925800427_f907d120c9_o.jpg Blue = something Orange = something White = Blue and Orange combined Edit: linked for size! Got it, it's just a shame it's completely inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuchanan Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Why do you say that? Looks pretty accurate to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hycus-flange Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 its of London so blue = cockney orange = wan kers white = cockney wan kers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 3, 2011 Moderator Share Posted August 3, 2011 Apple Map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 3, 2011 Moderator Share Posted August 3, 2011 Very good. I'd try it but I'd just get hungry and devour billions of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Why do you say that? Looks pretty accurate to me. Well, without giving it away (I'll let you do that), there's no possible way to be that accurate from mostly cell position, some aGPS position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 16, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 You know for some reason I never associated Woolworth with sacred geometry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Sadly more of them are open any more. Woolworths UK went belly up a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danwichmann Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Might have been done before: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 28, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 A map of my mouse movements over 5 hours. You can track yours too with http://iographica.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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