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 8/ In 1931 cartography changed forever when technical draughtsman Harry Beck represented the London Underground network as a schematic diagram rather than a geographically correct map. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Beck Beck's iconic style has been copied by transport networks - and others - world wide, with many, many variants. Over the years we have had many talks at Geomob London about the Tube network, material enough for a thread of its own in the future. 6 comments
11/ London is sometimes still referred to as "The Big Smoke", a reference to the terrible pollution of the past, but these days the city is quite green 50% of London is covered in green space, and an incredible 8 million trees are dotted across the capital. In 2019, it was officially declared a National Park City. 16/ Ahh wait if you want to learn more about Geomob London (or other cities) please follow @geomob The next London event will be on July 3rd as part of London Data Week. Here's the summary thread of this week's event: |
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9/ London has evolved, and with it the maddening complexity of its
admin divisions.
"Greater London" is 32 local authority districts.
Confusingly this includes the City of Westminster, but not the City of London (why many admin maps of London have a hole at the center). Some are "Royal" boroughs, some are not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_boroughs
The boroughs typically have only minimal correspondence to things like postcode areas, police districts, etc.
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9/ London has evolved, and with it the maddening complexity of its
admin divisions.
"Greater London" is 32 local authority districts.
Confusingly this includes the City of Westminster, but not the City of London (why many admin maps of London have a hole at the center). Some are "Royal" boroughs, some are not.