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The Subway Map War of 1978

• Pinatubo 11y ago
  This article needs a graphic that compares the two competing maps side by side.
• snogglethorpe 11y ago
  Of course, sometimes the decision is easy because you're bumping up against complexity limits to such a degree that you just can't fit any geographical reality on a map and still have something even remotely readable: http://www.meik.jp/2rosenzu/jpg_640/tkyo_yko_chba.jpg http://www.meik.jp/2rosenzu/jpg_640/tkyo_yko_chba.jpg
• Atheros 11y ago
  Why on earth would you write this article without an example of the Vignelli map? http://nycsubway.org.s3.amazonaws.com/images/maps/system_1972.jpg http://nycsubway.org.s3.amazonaws.com/images/maps/system_197... If anyone can name a better example of why you shouldn't simply trust designers to design something that needs to be useful, I would be interested to hear it.