Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above and the one below are both the work of Dāvis Viļums a Latvian born Londoner who over a period of 5 years cycled all the streets of central London.
In total he cycled over 10,000 miles over the course of 1,200+ individual cycle journeys.
As someone, who walked the Tube back in 2015, I love these sorts of London challenges.
You can leant more about the why below:
The map above shows that Europe’s 6 microstates (Vatican, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Andorra and Malta) could all comfortably fit within London’s M25.
And if you could rearrange them slightly you could easily fit them within the borders of Greater London.
Here’s how they stack up:
Now if you only read the right wing press or listen to right-wing politicians you’d be forgiven for believing that all of London is some sort of crime-ridden hell-hole.
Also see: Map Showing The Devastation Of The Great Fire Of London Over Modern London.
The map above shows just how big London’s population is compared to several large US cities. But it should be noted that the numbers for all cities (including London) are for the city proper, rather than the larger urban or metropolitan area.
Here are the cities by the numbers:
It uses LiDAR composite data to depict the extent of the fire in the context of present-day landmarks.
Landmarks:
Here are some key points about the map:
The maps above show just how much London’s Tube network has changed in the last 25 years, between 1999 and 2024.
Here are just some of the differences:
In spite of numerous requests, TfL is refusing to disclose the location of the cameras. (So much for FOI)
The aim of this page is to crowd-source the location of cameras across the zone.
So if you have seen one on your travels, post it here so we can create our own map.
You can see an interactive version here:
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.