Tag Archives: tube

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Mar 11

Mapping The Might Have Been

Posted on 18th March 2011 by Gary

The moment you make a map there’s a fairly good chance that it will be out of date. There’s nothing wrong with this; anyone who works in the cartography or mapping fields will tell you that one of the biggest … Continue reading →

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Feb 11

Putting The Tube On The Grid; A Geeked Out Cartographical Recipe

Posted on 23rd February 2011 by Gary

Here’s a simple, cut-out-and-keep recipe for making a very geeked out update on a cartographical classic. First, take a classic and iconic map which appeals to both the map geek in you as well as the Tube geek in you. … Continue reading →

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03
Oct 10

Crowd Sourcing The London Underground Tube Strike

Posted on 3rd October 2010 by Gary

From as early as 9.00 PM tonight, the London Underground network will be hit by a strike called by the RMT and TSSA unions. Again. For Londoners this will probably come as no surprise, but this time around, the BBC … Continue reading →

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02
Jul 10

Service Suspended On The London Underground (API)

Posted on 2nd July 2010 by Gary

If you build it they will come. Or to put it another way, sometimes demand outstrips supply. After the phenomenal success of the Transport For London Tube API, the London Datastore blog sadly notes: Owing to overwhelming demand by apps … Continue reading →

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Jun 10

Where’s My Tube Train? Ah, There’s My Tube Train

Posted on 24th June 2010 by Gary

Back in December of 2009, I wrote about Paul Clarke trying to solve the problem of where’s my train; that there must be a definitive, raw source of real-time (train) information and that I assert that train operators know where their … Continue reading →

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