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Brexit Issue Tube Maps Showing All Potential Consequences

June 1, 2018 2 Comments

Brexit Issue Tube Maps - Zoomed In On London

Zoomed in section of the London map showing just a few of the issues facing the capital including: EU Nationals, GDPR, Fintech, Open Skies, Ports, Mobility, just to name a few

These tube-style Brexit maps are a clever way of visualising the myriad of sectors and issues the withdrawal process impacts. Just by looking at the maps, it becomes easier to understand the scope and scale of the negative consequences facing the UK.

Each map focuses on a UK region, with each each zone representing a policy sphere, each line representing a sector and each station representing a particular Brexit issue.

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Filed Under: London, United Kingdom Tagged With: Brexit

Brilliant Art Deco & Brutalist Architecture Maps of London

August 31, 2016 Leave a Comment

Art Deco and Brutalist London Maps

One of the great things about running Brilliant Maps is the ability to profile brilliant, original map projects.

The Art Deco & Brutalist architecture maps of London by Blue Crow Media fall firmly into that category.

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: architecture

Roman City of Londinium Around AD 200

June 5, 2016 4 Comments

Roman City of Londinium Around AD 200

London: Roman Londinium Map Created by Britannica Online for Kids.

The map above shows what the Roman City of Londinium (modern day London) might have looked like around 200 AD.

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Filed Under: London

Travel Times From London in 2016 vs 1914

January 9, 2016 4 Comments

Travel Times From London in 2016 World Isochrone Map

Travel times from London in 2016 created by Rome2rio.com

The brilliant isochrone world map above shows how long it takes to get from London to any other point in the world in 2016.

It was created by the team at Rome2rio, who specialise in helping people get anywhere on earth, and is an update to the famous 1914 map by cartographer and geographer John George Bartholomew (see below)

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Filed Under: London, World Maps Tagged With: isochrone

The Greater London Commuter Belt

November 18, 2015 1 Comment

The Greater London Commuter Belt

Map created by reddit user arlinconio

The map shows the Greater London commuter belt, or more specifically the percentage of workers who work in London, but live outside it.

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: transportation

Watercolour & Other Cool Maps of London Created Using Map Stack

August 20, 2015 Leave a Comment

Watercolour map of London

Watercolour map of London showing buildings created using Map Stack

If you’ve never used Map Stack you should. Like right now! It’s a map lover’s dream tool for creating brilliant maps in only a matter of minutes.

You can use it to create really cool maps like the London watercolour map above or the maps of just London’s parks or just London’s water below.

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Filed Under: London

Best Selling Singer Or Band From Each London Borough

July 16, 2015 31 Comments

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Map created by redddit user wittybrits

The map above shows the best selling musical acts (band or singer) to come from each of London’s boroughs. The criteria used was as follows:

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: music

What Does London Smell Like? These Maps Have The Answer

June 8, 2015 2 Comments

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Map of London’s smells from nature and emissions

Smelly Maps: The Digital Life of Urban Smellscapes is the amazing title of this series of maps that look at how London smells. The smelly maps project involves Daniele Quercia, Rossano Schifanella (University of Torino), Luca Maria Aiello (Yahoo Labs) and Kate McLean (Royal College of Art).

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: smell

London’s Got A New Tube Map

May 23, 2015 Leave a Comment

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Tube & Rail Services In East London. Map created by TFL.

London’s tube map, arguably the most famous transportation map in the world, has just been updated. The reason is that Transport of London (TFL), which makes the map, has added some new services.

For those not living in London, TFL are the government body responsible for a large part of the transportation system of London. In addition to running London Underground they also run:

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: transportation

7 Tube Maps Only The Colour Blind Will Truly Appreciate

January 27, 2015 1 Comment

Black and white tube map

Large print, black & white London Underground map for colour blind customers by TFL

Ever think London’s tube map looks confusing? Now imagine trying to use it, but you couldn’t easily distinguish between the colours of each line.

Well for hundreds of thousands of colour blind Londoners, this is their reality each and every day.

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: colour blind, transportation, tube

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