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8-bit tubemap

Chris Evans sez, “I made this 8bit London Underground map a while ago, entirely in Tile Studio with a bit of Gimp to add text.”

Chris Evans sez, “I made this 8bit London Underground map a while ago, entirely in Tile Studio with a bit of Gimp to add text.”

John Snow’s cholera map of London recreated

What would John Snow’s famous cholera map look like on a modern map of London, using modern mapping tools? The map changed what we know about germs and disease - and created a new way of looking at the world. With the help of mapping tool CartoDB and using the Stamen style maps, this is how it looks with larger circles representing more deaths.

50 Years of concerts of The Rolling Stones

An interactive map of their live-show story.

Map Your Way Through the London Olympics

Mapping Type 2 Diabetes Hotspots in London

Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London used Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to create detailed maps with type 2 diabetes data.

The resulting maps highlighted geographical hotspots for type 2 diabetes, and these hotspots revealed fantastic similarities to poverty maps created during the late 19th Century by Charles Booth.

Station Maps: Browser-Based 3D Maps of the London Underground

Station Maps [aeracode.org] by programmer Andrew Godwin contains a large collection of browser-based (HTML5) 3D maps depicting different London Underground/DLR stations.

PANTONE and Leo Burnett Celebrate The Diamond Jubilee

A collaboration between PANTONE and Leo Burnett London, this limited edition color guide of the Queen’s ensembles was created in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee — Queen Elizabeth II’s 60th year on the throne.

vizualize:

Theatreland map (1915), by MacDonald Gill

via guardian.co.uk

futurejournalismproject:

The Guardian vs the BBC

The Guardian created a 3D interactive timeline of its coverage of the UK Riots. The BBC created an audio collage of voices talking about the UK Riots. Combine them, and you get something like this.

Guardian 3D Timeline | BBC Audio Collage.

lienatik:

London riots: Timeline and map of violence

4 August - Mark Duggan, 29, is shot dead by police at Ferry Lane, Tottenham. (profile)

6 August - Duggan’s family formaly identify his body. Around 300 people gather outside Tottenham police station wanting “justice”. Bottles are being thrown and it begins.
(it’s unclear who started. There are various reports online that give the blame to either the police or the protesters)
Pictures: Tottenham before & after
Article: Tottenham Riots - a peaceful protest, then suddenly all hell broke loose

7 August - Investigation starts after all the fires are under control. 26 police officers where injured, 55 arrests where made. Local MP David Lammy tells that community has “had the heart ripped out of it”. Later that day reports come of of windows being smashed and looting has started in various areas of London (Brixton, and more)
Pictures: Further outbreaks of violence and looting in London
Article: Second night of violence in London - and this time it was organised

8 August - Various police officers are injured. Scotland Yard talks about “copycat criminal activity across London in small and mobile groups.” Police talks about gangs of youth. Current reports in twitter talk of more riots in London, also possible in Birmingham (x) & Leeds.

Interesting reads (all from The Guardian):

Brixton: could it happen again? 30 years after the riots

Looting ‘fuelled by social exclusion’

There is a context to London’s riots that can’t be ignored

Keep up to date:

Guardian Liveblog

#LondonRiots

BBC Liveblog/stream

Also (unconfirmed), apparently during the two days of riots in London, more has been destroyed than during the demonstrations in Egypt & Tunisia.

Sources: 1, 2, 3

London Underground Map with Distance Grids

The London Underground Map is famous for ignoring the real geography of the city in favour of a simplified diagram showing the lines and their intersections. The map is so prevalent that Londoners and visitors now probably think of the city in terms of the tube map- referring to an area by the name of a station, or thinking of distances in the tube network as well as the real physical distance above ground.

eclecticblue:

1943 ‘The County of London Plan’
by [Sir] Patrick Abercrombie

roomthily:

Central London “map” (by -Christophoros-)

circle size = views per photo

London Cycle Map Wins GeoVation Award

Cycle Lifestyle’s London Cycle Map a bicycle map of London designed by Simon Parker in the style of Beck’s tube map, is one of six winners of the 2011 GeoVation challenge. The award came with £6,000 in funding. Here’s a list of all the GeoVation award winners.