London Challenge Tube Map
January 24th, 2007Weirdest Tube Map Ever
Many thanks to Max Roberts (author of Underground Maps After Beck and a commenter to this blog) who pointed me in the direction of this map
At first glance you’ll think “Ah it’s some of London’s schools“. But then on closer inspection you wonder what would have possessed a school authority to name its school after a DJ, a soap star or a shouty entrepeneur.
All’s revealed here: “Transport for London (TfL) has produced a special map, based on the Tube map. TfL has replaced the stations with some of the capital’s successful schools, inspirational teachers, excellent GCSE students and successful Londoners who went to state schools, including Rio Ferdinand, Sir Michael Caine, Emma Thompson and Mayor of London Ken Livingstone.”
Why? The mind boggles. OK, OK I know, somehow this celebrates London’s kids doing well in GCSE’s. Very well done to them.
But from a geographical […]
Original post by Annie Mole and software by Elliott Back
