The Mind the Map exhibition, at the London Transport Museum, doesn’t only feature historic maps, such as Beck’s “joke map” that we covered before. This
More...
A Map for the Diamond Jubilee
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
More...
A Guide to London 1908
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
More...
Bacon’s Picture Map of London
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
More...
Mind the Map: Circuit Diagram
A major new exhibition on mapping the London Underground – Mind the Map – opened last week at the Transport Museum in Covent Garden. Mapping
More...
Tube Map Sticky Tape!
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.
More...
TfL Why Not Walk It? Maps
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
More...
A Week in the Life of the Underground (& Overground & DLR)
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
More...
New Olympic Park Map
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
More...
Mapped: Every Bus Trip in London
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
More...
Stamen Design’s Watercolour Map
Stamen Design are a bespoke design and technology company based in San Francisco. They have a reputation for creating wonderful looking maps, often with OpenStreetMap
More...
London Blitz Map
The image above is a photo of part of a large map of London, created just after the Second World War and showing buildings that
More...