It’s lovely to see a brand new hand-drawn map of London in this age of computer-generated graphics. This one has been produced by Michael Hill of Maps Illustrated for this week’s TV Guide and shows the Diamond Jubilee procession route up Whitehall and down The Mall. The effort...
A Guide to London 19...
posted by Ollie
The same day that James received a historic picture map of London that we eventually dated to around 1908, mainly based on the appearance of the 1908 Olympic Stadium in what is now White City, we noticed a Tweet from Collins about a new book that they had produced in conjunction with...
Bacon’s Pictur...
posted by James
I recently managed to get my hands on one of my favourite maps of London. It is produced by G.W. Bacon and Co. Ltd and dates from around 1908. I like it for its clear cartography, the selection of pseudo 3D buildings (nice to see UCL in there) and the simplicity of the street network (only...
Mind the Map: Circui...
posted by Ollie
A major new exhibition on mapping the London Underground – Mind the Map – opened last week at the Transport Museum in Covent Garden. Mapping London was at the launch and got to look at a huge collection of maps of and about the London Underground. We’ll be featuring some of...
Tube Map Sticky Tape...
posted by Ollie
Now this is just excellent – it’s a roll of tape with a custom-designed map of the London Underground (and DLR & Overground) on it. It’s produced by the Seoul-based designers Jin Sol and Kim Ji-hwan, who make up the studio ZeroPerZero. I particularly like this...
TfL Why Not Walk It?...
posted by James
TfL have produced a nice range of maps to promote walking instead of public transport (especially during the Olympics). The maps use different cartography to the other walking maps TfL have produced, and feature a nice range of pseudo-3D buildings and key landmarks. There are also 4...
A Week in the Life o...
posted by James
Perhaps inspired by Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures album cover (maybe a favourite for the commute?), Jon Reades (from UCL CASA- of course!) has created this beautiful infographic depicting “a week in the life” of the London transit system. Like all great data...
New Olympic Park Map
posted by Ollie
We featured the first official Olympic Park map at the beginning of the year, and it has already received an update which now includes pictures of the major buildings and locations of the sponsor marquees. Now, the recently revamped London 2012 website includes an interactive map, with flags...






