Thursday, October 30, 2014

Beautiful graphics visualise hectic life in London

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LONDON — The English capital has long been a cartographer's dream. From Charles Booth's famous poverty maps in the 1890s to Harry Beck's classic design for the London Underground in 1931, London has always been ripe for visualisation.


Created by geographer and big-data fanatic Dr. James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti, a new book has plotted London in 100 new maps and graphics, showing how we live and interactLondon: The Information Capital uses Twitter data, satellite imagery, Strava figures and a whole host of other inputs to visualise life in the city.



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