Offramp wrote on 25 April 2014 17:04:19 ...
On Thursday, 24 April 2014 17:44:05 UTC+1, Roland Perry wrote:
http://now-here-this.timeout.com/201...-map-redesign/



I like this a lot.

I also liked it a lot. There is a number after every single station; it turns out that this signifies the zone. It seems a long-winded way of doing it. I think these numbers should be left off.

The London Overground/North London Line seems most honoured by the change. It has been granted its own unique circle - although it is greyed out.

I'm also glad to see that the creator has done away with that poxy New Johnson ********.

I'm not sure what you've got against New Johnston (note spelling), but
the font on this map is hopeless. It would help if we had a decent PDF
file (it says "click on maps to enlarge" but that gives me a smaller
image) but on the copies I've seen his font is badly spaced and
generally much less readable than New Johnston.

The accompanying blurb says that Jug Cerovic enlarged the central part
of the map to make it easier to read. Yes, well, Beck did that too.
Cerovic has enlarged the centre a bit more so that the suburbs are
hopelessly cramped and distorted. It is claimed that "stations are laid
out in a way that makes more sense geographically." Evidently the
author hasn't looked at St Paul's/Mansion House or Heathrow/Acton Town
or the other examples already mentioned here. As for Preston
Road/Harrow-on-the-Hill, that's just absurd.

I do NOT like it. What's the point of it?
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Richard J.
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