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eh270 71 months ago | reply
Looks cool, except that looks nothing like the New York City subway. It looks more like the London Tube system.
jackmacokc 71 months ago | reply
Very nice! And I agree...looks more like the tube across the pond.
onebluesun 71 months ago | reply
Definitely London.
nemok 71 months ago | reply
Great idea
Rooney. 71 months ago | reply
eh270, I was just about to make the same comment. Most tube maps are copies of the London one anyway.
Petty Krooks [deleted] 71 months ago | reply
err guys, its a heavily modified tokyo tube map: (origional+pdf alert)
www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/rosenzu/pdf/rosen_eng.pdf
although Rooneys right about all tube maps being based on Harry Becks 1933 design classic:
"Harry Beck's format was an innovation that would become essential for the comprehensibility of complex networks of today's transport systems all over the world. The commercial value to London Transport and the rest of the world is immeasurable; for this he was paid 10 guineas, probably about two weeks wages in those days."
davemc500hats 71 months ago | reply
yeah, that's the Tokyo subway
the "Main Line" = Yamanote Line
davemc500hats 71 months ago | reply
also blogged it here:
'New York' (nee Tokyo) Subway Map of the Internet
:)
Brian Goldner 71 months ago | reply
cool pic, 'cept it looks more like the tokyo or london system...NY's is less regular
iA Inc. 71 months ago | reply
Source of the image (along with PDF download, clickable version, etc.) from Information Architects Japan is here:
www.informationarchitects.jp/ia-trendmap-2007v2
blogstar 71 months ago | reply
Its the Tokyo tube.
The joke is that its a tube map of the internet , which is of course a series of tubes
_Hochan 71 months ago | reply
Tokyo? (A route map)
I live in Tokyo :)
TRIPtych_ 71 months ago | reply
Fix the title to Tokyo Subway Map of the Internet.
.Barba. 71 months ago | reply
It's Tokyo Subway!
ChicanaFeliz 71 months ago | reply
looks nothing like the NY subway map, looks more like DC or Hamburg.
dru007 71 months ago | reply
makes absolutely no sense. I prefer
my own map- don't need the commissars
to say what;s hot & not
Azveld 70 months ago | reply
Cool indeed (!) but it is the Tokyo Metro.
Instead of assumptions, one must have a look at this beautiful "Web Trend Map 2007" creators' excellent site:
www.informationarchitects.jp
And in particular
www.informationarchitects.jp/ia-trendmap-2007v2
Pls see this quote:
"More Lines
The original raster (Tokyo metro map) has been substantially modified to fit the needs of an Internet Trend map. "
You may also view the metro map at:
http://www.artlebedev.com/mandership/109/
OR
have a quick view at the lower right part of the map:
http://www.artlebedev.com/mandership/109/tokyo.gif
fromlondonwithlove 64 months ago | reply
Did it not ring a bell with anyone else?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Bear
www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Great-Bear-1992-Posters_i32877...
tokyoluv.com 47 months ago | reply
it not New-york or london, it Tokyo
Adibou from Paris 45 months ago | reply
yeah it s Tokyo, but what is funny is that neighborhood have a nam that corresponds to what is at this location. For example Ebay is Akihabara, whith huge commerce on electronics, video, pop culture... Google is Shunjuku, the most imoprtant eceonomic center of the city, and of course flickr is Ueno the cultural location of Tokyo, ;)