The epic graphic novel entitled “From Hell” is summarised in the following way: “An unflinching recreation of Jack the Ripper’s mutilation of five Whitechapel prostitutes in 1888 is the core of this graphic novel. Jack acts as “midwife to the 20th century”,...
Mapping Private Hire Cabs in London
posted by James
Ed Manley (UCL Geomatic Engineering) produced this great map of private hire vehicles in London (note my avoidance of the “T” word). He was able to obtain the GPS tracks from a large company’s fleet of drivers. There are 700,000 journeys on this map with the most popular roads in red, falling to orange, yellow, white then grey. As Ed says: “The most popular routes are along Euston Road, Park Lane and Embankment, which may be somewhat expected, but make for a stark constrast with respect to the flow of most traffic in London. The connection with Canary Wharf comes out strongly, an indication of the company’s...
A Map for the Diamon...
posted by James
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...
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...
Mapped: Every Bus Tr...
posted by James
People often say “I waited ages for a bus and then they all turned up at once”. As the map above shows if all the timetabled buses in London literally did show up at the same time you would be stuck in an impressive traffic jam. It represents the 114 thousand or so bus trips that...
GCSE Scores and Pove...
posted by James
This week, thousands of teenagers across the capital will receive GCSE results that will likely have an impact on the life decisions they take over the coming years. Back in March the full list of the 2010 GCSE results were released and I mapped them alongside an indicator of child poverty....
London Funding Cuts ...
posted by James
The map is a cartogram showing the level of child poverty for each of London’s councils in addition to their predicted loss in revenue spending power resulting from the recent government cuts. As you can see the shapes of some of the poorest boroughs in London have been enlarged to...






