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Do you find subway-style to be a good method of conveying information? People seem to have agreed that the use of distinct colors is good, but are there more ef
by xchaotic 9y ago
Do you find subway-style to be a good method of conveying information?
People seem to have agreed that the use of distinct colors is good, but are there more efficient ways of conveying the same info, for a given size?
For example London tube map doesn't waste space to show actual distance and I am looking for other ideas on how to compress this.
- andrewfelix 9y agoThe designer suggests it was done for aesthetic reasons. More importantly it held my interest a lot longer than a typical map might have, and thus I now know more about Ancient Roman roads!
- logingone 9y agoI can't stand these subway maps. I carry a copy of the geographic tube map on my phone. I want to relate the locations to reality, and these subway maps fail to do that. I could possibly go along with a geographic map that changed scale toward the outside, as long as it included contour lines to indicate the reducing scale.