transitmaphistory.com
MetroMapArt | Comments on the cartographic art of maps of underground railway systems and other metros
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Pictograms on subway maps. Genesis of the Washington Metro Map. Place and Space: Lance Wyman’s Retrospective in Monterrey. The maps of Emanuel Scheyer. December 5, 2015. Serendipity and the history of subway maps. Sometimes historical research relies on chance connections and discoveries. And lucky discoveries sometimes help to explain several different historical puzzles. One such serendipitous connection happened to me recently. At the map event at the New York Transit Museum. I have been trying for so...
maproomblog.com
The Map Room - Review: Paris Underground
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A Weblog About Maps. About The Map Room. The Most Recent Posts. The Fantasy Maps Project. Paris Underground: The Maps, Stations, and Design of the Métro. Penguin, 2009. Softcover, 176 pp. ISBN 978-0-14-311639-4. For the month of June (plus a couple of Cartes hebdomadaires for July) and, during my time off, set about exploring Paris’s underground rail network, which in 1997 comprised 15 subway and four RER lines (counting 3. And RER line E. Were still a year or two off). In the 14th arrondissement. 8217;s...
enviro-boy.blogspot.com
Random Thoughts and Rants...: December 2007
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Random Thoughts and Rants. The ups and downs of a young planner. Monday, December 31, 2007. New Year's Eve 2007. December 31, 2007 - Is it just me, or did 2007 go by rather quickly? Here I am, writing my annual "year-in-review" post and it still doesn't strike me that in a few years, we'll be welcoming 2008. In yet anothertwist, I am staying home yet again tonight, not because I have no plans, but because I have a massive cold. Boo. Done, that actually didn't take too long. I didn't write an article for ...