Duncan Smith, a colleague of ours, has written a great review of the “Shaping London” book for his City Geographics blog. He has kindly let
More...A New Map of London Peculiars
We were delighted to receive a copy of this rather brilliant new map from artist Julia Forte. It highlights the sort of things in the
More...Planning London: Maps from King’s Court Galleries
There is a shop in London that I always peer into when I walk past but have always resisted going in as it presented a
More...The Times Atlas of London
A few months back I had the honour of being asked to approve the use of a couple of excerpts from my London Surname Map
More...Whitehall – a Soviet Military View
As a followup to yesterday’s article on the Soviet Cold War maps of London, above is an extract sent from the Landmark Information Group, which
More...Soviet Military Maps of London
Yes the U.S.S.R. had its own maps of London, and other British cities, produced during Cold War era, i.e. the 1950s-1980s, to be perhaps used
More...Classic Ordnance-Survey 1:25000 Map of London
The OpenStreetMap Out-of-Copyright (OOC) project aims to scan in old Ordnance Survey maps of the country, so that they may be of some use when
More...Mapping your Digital Footprint
The above extract is an artwork from Jeremy Wood called My Ghost. Jeremy carried a GPS receiver around central London for nine years, gradually building
More...The Twisted London Underground Map
I’m a sucker for alternative maps of the London Underground, and here’s a great one by Francisco Dans (see the original in high-resolution on Flickr)
More...GCSE Scores and Poverty in London
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
More...Mapping London’s Underground Rivers
Aside from the odd rumble of a tube train, or perhaps a burst pipe in winter, Londoners often overlook the goings on beneath their feet.
More...8-Bit London
It’s a bit silly, and not exactly very helpful as a map for navigation – but it’s also a lot of fun. Brett Camper has
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