Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows what the Tube Map might have looked like had proposals from 1946 had been implemented.
The plans are nothing if not ambitious, especially for a country that still had rationing in effect following the devastation of World War 2.
The source for these plans was the Railway (London Plan) Committee: report to the Ministry of War Transport 21st January 1946.
Some highlights include:
The map above is tube / subway style map of the major Roman roads around 125 AD. It is the amazing work of Sasha Trubetskoy and is largely based off the ORBIS Model of the Roman World and The Pelagios Project.
The 8 maps above are just a sample of the 220 metro and light rail system maps from around the world that have been shrunken and simplified by Peter Dovak at Transit Oriented.
You can see the complete list of mini metro maps below:
The map above shows the extent of the Vatican City’s railway system (Holy See railway). With just two 300 metre sets of tracks and two freight sidings measuring a total of 1.27km (0.79 miles), it’s the shortest railway system in the world.
These isochron travel time maps to each of London’s major football stadiums were all created using TFL’s WebCAT (no loner available).
The service is primarily aimed at the planning community, but as these estimated travel time maps to London’s biggest football stadiums show, the public can benefit as well.
The map above shows the Chagos Islands also known as the Chagos Archipelago and were up until October 3 2024 part of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The islands have a combined area of just 56.13 km2 (21.67 sq mi).
From the Guardian:
On October 3rd 2024, the UK agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute.
This means at some point in 2025 the sun will set (or have set if you’re reading this after) on the British Empire.
From the map author:
It also revels a very interesting fact. None of them has ever crossed the equator. But why?
The map above shows the largest possible land and water hemispheres of the earth.
The Land hemisphere is still 53% Water and 47% land, but contains 93% of the world’s population.
The Water hemisphere on the other hand is 89% Water and only 11% land with only 7% of the world’s population.
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