Harry Beck invented the schematic map in 1931 for the London Underground (the worlds first underground railway). At first it wasn't widely accepted as a good id

Harry Beck invented the schematic map in 1931 for the London Underground (the worlds first underground railway). At first it wasn't widely accepted as a good idea (because it distorted relative distances) but over time has become a design icon and repeated elsewhere. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150720-the-london-underground-map-the-design-that-shaped-a-city http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150720-the-london-undergr... https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/culture-and-heritage/londons-transport-a-history/london-underground/a-brief-history-of-the-underground https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/culture-and-heritage/...