2012-01-28
post/16609382199
photos 01:36:05
Lineposters, prints of city transit systems around the world, for sale at Etsy.
(Source: lineposters)
2012-01-24
post/16431070815
photos 23:28:00
Airport runway diagrams as posters, available (for purchase or pre-order) at Nomo Design.
2011-09-13
post/10167296684
quote 17:55:00
“ I don’t know about you but I do not want to live in a world where the best thing we can accomplish are driving directions. We can and should take pride in the skill and craft required to make that happen but like I said it’s a big world and it has more to offer. ”
2011-07-08
post/7360339517
photo 00:22:31
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We’ve chosen a series of cities that we think are representative of the wide range of coverage that’s available in Open Street Map, and also for their expressive potential. New York reveals a cluster of interest in downtown Manhattan and Roosevelt Island, without much else of distinction except the freeways. Paris sprawls densely along the Seine with enormous parks to the east and west of the city center. Toronto hugs Lake Ontario with parks like veins threading back away from the shoreline. Cities have character, and this is reflected in more than just their streetscapes or their skylines—it’s reflected in how they’re mapped by volunteers.
A collaboration betweenMapQuest Open and Stamen Design, using data from the OpenStreetMap project.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnzkxkzyx21qz4vjro1_500.jpg)
We’ve chosen a series of cities that we think are representative of the wide range of coverage that’s available in Open Street Map, and also for their expressive potential. New York reveals a cluster of interest in downtown Manhattan and Roosevelt Island, without much else of distinction except the freeways. Paris sprawls densely along the Seine with enormous parks to the east and west of the city center. Toronto hugs Lake Ontario with parks like veins threading back away from the shoreline. Cities have character, and this is reflected in more than just their streetscapes or their skylines—it’s reflected in how they’re mapped by volunteers.
A collaboration betweenMapQuest Open and Stamen Design, using data from the OpenStreetMap project.
2011-06-13
post/6499994331
quote 22:50:31
“ It was fairly common in medieval times to put east at the top. Which has a logic to it: when traveling across open terrain, the one consistent thing you had to orient yourself by when you broke camp in the morning was the sunrise. In fact, that’s the source of the term “orient yourself”: it literally means to face east. ”
Carl Muckenhoupt in a comment on See Different, a MetaFilter thread about alternative maps.
I’d never thought about the word. This was a little explanation bomb going off in my head.
2011-03-18
post/3943560587
photo 18:18:07
Circuitry (via Google Maps) (by superfamous)
This is somewhat north of LA. The original Flickr photo has a link to the Google Maps view.
(via slavin)
2011-03-04
post/3629673922
photo 00:38:21
Sometimes it’s hard to compete with the simple elegance of a stripped-down display of geographic shapes. Some of my favorite images of that ilk are maps of city building footprints.
2011-03-01
post/3577457834
photo 05:04:42
A map showing how London Cycle Hire is Extending East, by Oliver O’Brien at Suprageography (via)
