Some Friday Underground Map Fun

It seems that every fourth dimension a designer gets asked to practise an infographic their starting fourth dimension idea is 'Can I brand this into a London Tube Map?' To nation y'all the truth I'm instantly getting a piddling chip ill of infographics inspired yesteryear the London Tube map. However this calendar week I did encounter iii London Tube maps that made me smile.

First off is this meta-tube map or underground map of underground maps. End of the Line is a London Underground map where every underground station has been turned into a link to unopen to other map or infographic that has been inspired yesteryear Harry Beck's famous map.

BTW - click on the station names too non on the station circles to uncovering the linked maps. Via: Mostly Maps


The entirely affair to a greater extent than pop than London Tube maps on the cyberspace is cute pictures of cats. Animals on the Underground has thus made the inspired conclusion to combine the two. The site has searched Harry Beck's map too institute that it contains lots of hidden animals, including the Wapping Whale (above).


Where at that spot are cats too then at that spot are likely penises every bit good (sorry that judgement is simply incorrect inward so many ways). UsvsTh3m bring been inspired yesteryear Animals on the Underground to uncovering the hidden penises on the London Underground map. So far they bring institute 4 hidden penises too a yoke of rude messsages.

Some Friday Underground Map Fun

It seems that every fourth dimension a designer gets asked to practise an infographic their starting fourth dimension idea is 'Can I brand this into a London Tube Map?' To nation y'all the truth I'm instantly getting a piddling chip ill of infographics inspired yesteryear the London Tube map. However this calendar week I did encounter iii London Tube maps that made me smile.

First off is this meta-tube map or underground map of underground maps. End of the Line is a London Underground map where every underground station has been turned into a link to unopen to other map or infographic that has been inspired yesteryear Harry Beck's famous map.

BTW - click on the station names too non on the station circles to uncovering the linked maps. Via: Mostly Maps


The entirely affair to a greater extent than pop than London Tube maps on the cyberspace is cute pictures of cats. Animals on the Underground has thus made the inspired conclusion to combine the two. The site has searched Harry Beck's map too institute that it contains lots of hidden animals, including the Wapping Whale (above).


Where at that spot are cats too then at that spot are likely penises every bit good (sorry that judgement is simply incorrect inward so many ways). UsvsTh3m bring been inspired yesteryear Animals on the Underground to uncovering the hidden penises on the London Underground map. So far they bring institute 4 hidden penises too a yoke of rude messsages.

Some Google Maps Friday Fun

Many Street View heads volition already know that the Top Gear exam rails is on Google Maps Street View. The residual of the public woke upward to this fact yesterday - largely because of the unloose of this video of the Stig racing the Street View car.

You tin explore the rails yourself on Google Maps Street View here.

It has been a long fourth dimension since nosotros featured a adept map vocal inwards a Fri Fun post. We suspension that dry out while today amongst 'Polygon' yesteryear Segmentation Violation. Not alone is Polygon virtually eveybody's favorite map characteristic type, non alone does the vocal characteristic closed to bully lyrics ('I'm non a road event, a node or a polyline') simply it is too rather brilliantly performed every bit well.


Fans of the sci-fi flick Gravity powerfulness desire to banking concern check out Ogle Earth's postal service on the film. Stefen Geens has identified every footing persuasion that is featured inwards the cinema as well as matched it to the same persuasion on Google Earth.

The number is a stunning KML file that allows you lot to zoom inwards on shots from the cinema superimposed on operate yesteryear of Google Earth.

The Basis Is United Yesteryear A Hate Of America

From Europe, to Central as well as South America as well as from Africa to the Middle East the globe is united inwards a hatred for America. My latest auto-complete map What the World Hates shows the results suggested past times Google auto-complete when you lot piece of occupation into a province or province followed past times the give-and-take 'hates'.

For example, if you lot type inwards the words 'Japan hates' into Google the peak auto-complete proposition is that 'Japan hates foreigners'. Elsewhere to a greater extent than or less the globe nosotros abide by that countries tend to abhor their nearest neighbors. In Scandinavia, for example, Kingdom of Denmark as well as Kingdom of Norway abhor Sweden, spell Sweden hates Finland.

If it is non their nearest neighbors that a province hates thus it is nigh probable that they abhor America. According to Google auto-complete Cuba, Serbia, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iceland, Brazil, France, Spain, Germany, Mexico, Iran, Libya, Iraq, North Korea, Nicaragua as well as Venezuela all abhor America.

When nosotros zoom inwards on America nosotros abide by that states too tend to abhor their nigh neighbors. New United Mexican US hates Texas, Nebraska hates Iowa, Michigan hates Ohio as well as New Hampshire hates Massachusetts. Where Google doesn't convey whatever auto-complete search proposition I convey indicated this on the map past times using ellipses, for instance California seems to abhor no-one as well as thus it is shown on the map every bit 'California hates ...'

Mapping Brazil's Monkey Robot Army

Guardian's recent serial of Classic Album Covers inwards Street View proved really popular. The Guardian was inspired to practise these images by, Halley Docherty's serial of 18th as well as 19th-century paintings paintings superimposed on Street View screenshots.


Meanwhile Javier Arce has been having approximately fun imagining how a comic mass hero powerfulness run CartoDB to map the lairs of the world's supervillains. The 1-bit cartoon map of Supervillain's Lairs helpfully reveals the location of Yu Heixian's monkey robot army.


After centuries of European edge disputes as well as wars The Economist has revealed a cunning innovation to physically redraw the map of Europe inwards enterprise to brand the continent a happier as well as to a greater extent than stable place.

The innovation is probable to seek controversial only the prospect of warmer conditions for the Great Britain afterward it is moved southwards agency The Economist has my amount support.

When Pegman Attacks On Baidu Maps

Derek Man Lui has started an awesome weblog featuring comic strips created amongst Baidu maps (and the occasional appearance of Google Maps' pegman). Bird's Eye China uses images taken from Baidu Maps' 3d isometric trend map sentiment to brand a webcomic close life inwards modern China.

I promise that Derek manages to evade the clutches of the copyright lawyers from Google as well as Baidu as well as China's Ministry of State Security long plenty to consummate the project. Go depository fiscal establishment gibe it out right away piece y'all all the same can.