New Terraforming London To Tally The Underground Map

The biggest occupation alongside London is that its geography doesn't accurately accommodate to the London Underground map. Harry Beck's famous London Underground map distorts geographical infinite on gild to brand the Underground map to a greater extent than legible for users.


To overcome the distortions of Harry Beck's map nosotros could of course of written report produce a to a greater extent than geographically accurate map of the Underground. The occupation alongside this yet is that the resulting map is far less legible in addition to frankly nowhere nearly every bit beautiful every bit Harry Beck's master map.


Maybe nosotros could skew in addition to distort Harry Beck's Underground map to tally the geography of London. We could take Ben Schmidt's approach to transit maps by stretching, squeezing in addition to rotating the London Underground map to align it alongside the underlying geography of the city. However, if yous produce got a hold off at Ben's MTA Map of Actual New York, yous tin come across that the lawsuit 1 time to a greater extent than tends to ruin the aesthetic of the master transit map.

No ... the best in addition to solely solution is to terraform the topography in addition to geography of London so that it conforms to a greater extent than accurately to Harry Beck's map. There is the obvious added bonus that later terraforming, London volition too hold upwards live suitable for human life. Thankfully Metrography has already created the map of this novel London.


The Metrography Map of London transforms the geography of London so that it to a greater extent than accurately represents the London depicted inwards Harry Beck's London Underground map.

To produce this map Metrography uses the Thames in addition to Underground stations from the London Underground Map every bit fixed positions. They in addition to so distort the existent geography of London to tally these fixed positions from Harry Beck's map. The lawsuit is a London which conforms to the Underground map in addition to is hence much easier for everyone to navigate.

Work on the New London terraforming projection begins adjacent week. London Underground apologize inwards advance for whatever disruption yous may sense during these essential technology scientific discipline works.
Buat lebih berguna, kongsi:
close