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Subject: Re: : schematic interstate map
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:48:35 -0800
From: Brian Bach <[log in to unmask]>
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A masterpiece of simplification! I like it!
Harry Beck's original schematic map for the London Underground (early
1930s) set the trend for every subsequent attempt to chart a
transportation matrix in the world. From Oslo to Calcutta, the graphics
are almost universal today. Even depictions of the Paris Metro routes
have been pretty much 'Beck-ized'.
I liken this process in schematic maps to Cubism in painting: a
distillation of essentials; reality has been altered and stylized, but
it all makes sense.
The triumph of Modernism!
Brian P. Bach
Documents/Maps
Brooks Library
Central Washington University
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548
USA
[log in to unmask]http://www.amazon.com/Calcuttas-Edifice-Buildings-Great-City/dp/8129104156
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Subject: Fwd: schematic interstate map
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:49:11 -0500
From: s hawkins <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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Thought the MAPS-L folks might like this one...
---sue h
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From: *s hawkins* < [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Feb 8, 2007 10:47 AM
Subject: schematic interstate map
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/07/interstate_map_laid_.html
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Susan A Hawkins
Cartographer, JIMAPCO
2095 Route 9
Round Lake NY 12151
518-899-5091
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Susan A Hawkins
Cartographer, JIMAPCO
2095 Route 9
Round Lake NY 12151
518-899-5091
