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I don't think Edward Tufte would approve of removing densely representable information: distance between stops and relative position under the city. I would ta
by queuebert 4y ago
I don't think Edward Tufte would approve of removing densely representable information: distance between stops and relative position under the city.
I would take the original map and then vary the line thickness and/or shading to represent something additional, like typical ridership, wait times, or cost. So much is possible that would be better than discarding everything except connectedness.
- pvg 4y agoI don't think Edward Tufte would approve You might not think that, but you'd be wrong: https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00005W https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=...
- queuebert 4y agoThat's neat, thanks for the link. Looks like he's ambivalent about it: "The geometric purity and beauty of Beck's map is wonderful and is a big symbol of the Underground; the geographically accurate map is also just fine."