Some of the most popular posts on spatialanalysis are about typographic maps. I thought it would be cool to put together some of my favourite’s
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A City of Tweets
This is another great map animation from our friends in CASA. It is a year old now (almost to the day) but it remains one
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The OpenStreetMap of London
The OpenStreetMap project started in London in 2004 and has since grown to be a huge map of the whole world. It can be thought
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The London Underground Network in Detail
The world is not short of London underground network maps, there is something very appealing about the mix of lines, curves, dashes and circles, all
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John Snow’s Cholera Map
Embedded below is a high resolution version of John Snow’s 1854 map of the Broad Street (now Broadwick Street) cholera outbreak. Widely cited as the
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Visualising London Transport
Another brilliant visualisation from UCL’s CASA, this time from Anil Bawa-Cavia. It visualises trips made on the London Underground using data gathered from Oyster Cards. Each trail is
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Where are the Bikes? – in 3D
Adrian Short, provider of one of the main 3rd-party APIs for the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme in London – the Boris Bikes API – has
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The Travelling Football Clubs of London
Two interesting maps of football clubs and London: First, Dean of The Londonist has mapped out the various locations of London’s football clubs over time.
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Hyde Park Glove Map
If you lack a sense of direction and resort to writing directions on scraps of paper or the palm of your hand, this glove is
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Barclays Cycle Superhighway Line Maps
A series of blue cycle lanes, branded signs, junction reprofiles and street furniture changes are gradually being built, creating a “hub and spoke” type network
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Blunderground Map of London
I wanted to steer clear of the iconic London Underground map because it is always featured on map blogs. I have already failed miserably thanks
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Google Maps Aerial Imagery
Google has updated the aerial photography available in Google Maps, for London. The new imagery appears to be from late summer 2010, showing the current
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