The above is just a small extract from Stephen Walter’s “Hub” Map of London, a hand-drawn map of painstaking detail, drawn during 2007-8. You can
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Mapping From Hell: Pt1
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
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Middlesex University Campus Map
As a followup to last week’s post about university campus maps in London, my attention was drawn to the Middlesex University campus map which I
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University Campus Maps
[Update – additional article on Middlesex University] I was talking to the UCL cartographer recently and he mentioned that there aren’t many dedicated cartographers left
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London’s Oyster Card Flows
Here is an animation that Ollie created a couple of years ago for the “Sense and the City” exhibition at the London Transport Museum.
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Running with Crayons Maps
These two artwork maps (East London above, and South-East London below) were created by Brighton artist Tilly of Running for Crayons, for the Observer newspaper
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Art on the Underground: Labyrinth
Last week I noticed a black and white maze on the wall next to the lifts at Caledonian Road station, it had a red cross
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Computer Game Sprite Map of Zone 1
Here’s a map of Zone 1 London (concentrating on the tube lines) constructed with sprites from the old-skool (80s!) console game Super Mario Bros 3.
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Silk Screen Hand-Drawn Map of London
David Ryan Robinson has produced this amazingly detailed hand drawn “map” of London. It was originally produced as a silk screen print and depicts a densely
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London’s Roman Roads
Here is part of a map, The Map of Roman Britain, Second Edition, published by the Ordnance Survey in 1931 and scanned by Bibliographics. The
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Mapping Private Hire Cabs in London
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
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The Big Egg Hunt Maps
I somehow missed, until now, this set of oblique-projected maps of popular parts of central London (thanks Chris Pearson for the tip!) They were produced
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