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Classic Ordnance-Survey 1:25000 Map of London
  • Historic
Sep22

Classic Ordnance-Sur...

posted by Ollie

The OpenStreetMap Out-of-Copyright (OOC) project aims to scan in old Ordnance Survey maps of the country, so that they may be of some use when filling in the modern map. The maps have to be at least 50 years old to be used in such a way – as Crown Copyright expires after this time....

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Mapping your Digital Footprint
  • Visualisation
Sep16

Mapping your Digital...

posted by Ollie

The above extract is an artwork from Jeremy Wood called My Ghost. Jeremy carried a GPS receiver around central London for nine years, gradually building up a “footprint” showing everywhere he went. Certain parks, such as Greenwich Park in the south-east, are distinctive by the...

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The Twisted London Underground Map
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  • Tube
Sep01

The Twisted London U...

posted by Ollie

I’m a sucker for alternative maps of the London Underground, and here’s a great one by Francisco Dans (see the original in high-resolution on Flickr) – it’s perhaps not going to be useful to navigate by, but is a great bit of art. A recent trend of alternative maps is...

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