Blue Crow Media, who have previously produced pocket-size maps, that we’ve reviewed, of artisan coffee houses, craft beer pubs and independent bicycle shops, have been
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Mapping Cholera
John Snow’s map of cholera has become one of the most iconic of an era when the importance of statistics and graphics were becoming recognised. The map
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“Cool” London?
This is the first of a few maps that we will feature over the next few months, that use the new DataShine mapping platform developed
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The Other Underground Network
London has many networks – roads, tube trains, electricity, water – but there is another key one, one which was very important in allowing London
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Political Colour of London
The above graph shows the results of the council elections that took place last week for each of the ~600 wards in London. The colours
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Theme Park Maps!
It’s a lovely sunny day in London today, with temperatures up to the mid-20s, and what better way to spend a day like this (assuming
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The Evolution of London’s Streets
This animation shows how the roads in the London area formed, from Roman times through the industrial revolution and to the modern day. London’s boundary
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The Character of a Coffee House
This attractive hand-drawn map, by Adam Dant, is of the coffee houses of the City of London in the 1700s. Adam uses the gradual separation
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Canalology
Canalology is a short “festival of contemporary art of the hidden arteries of our city” which is organised by POST and takes place on Saturday
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A Food Tour Map for East London
We were sent this lovely looking bespoke map by Adam Groffman, who runs regular eating tours in East London. Participants receive a paper copy of
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The London Marathon Medal
Maps of London appear in all sorts of unexpected places and on all kinds of objects. This year’s London Marathon finishers’ medal had an expected
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Mapping the Census for London
Neal Hudson, housing market analyst at Savills, has been crunching, mapping and graphing interesting results from the 2011 census, since the data started to be
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