tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post115999527273322182..comments2024-01-25T13:55:08.273+00:00Comments on Gendal World: What a cool mapRichard Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808940497740675782noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post-1160775485778654002006-10-13T22:38:00.000+01:002006-10-13T22:38:00.000+01:00So *that's* where I caught my cold!So *that's* where I caught my cold!Richard Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808940497740675782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post-1160695512724098652006-10-13T00:25:00.000+01:002006-10-13T00:25:00.000+01:00Looks a lot like a map describing the spread of a ...Looks a lot like a map describing the spread of a virus. So, public transport is bad. QED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post-1160242126822415612006-10-07T18:28:00.000+01:002006-10-07T18:28:00.000+01:00They should commercialise their software.... I wou...They should commercialise their software.... I would pay good money for a personalised one of these!Richard Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808940497740675782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post-1160039237748440632006-10-05T10:07:00.000+01:002006-10-05T10:07:00.000+01:00Personally I would swapped the colours: it seems m...Personally I would swapped the colours: it seems more intuitive to me that red is a serious colour, which means a long travel time, not a short one.<BR/><BR/>But I'd certainly be interested to know what Edward Tufte (www.edwardtufte.com) would think of these. The obvious disadvantage of these maps is they are only useful for one point. See this for an alternative strategy (only works for the tube map but you might be able to mutate a real map in the same way):<BR/><BR/>http://www.oskarlin.com/2005/11/29/time-travel/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post-1160038055396973312006-10-05T09:47:00.000+01:002006-10-05T09:47:00.000+01:00I particularly like the maps showing the differenc...I particularly like the maps showing the difference in travel time for different modes of transport e.g. train versus car.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com