London: Underground Tube Map

<br /><div style="text-align: center;">You may not have heard of Harry Beck</div><div style="text-align: center;">but you have seen his most famous work</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the</div><div style="text-align: center;">London Underground Tube Map</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHp-Q1cQnD5sz88FKlJcaTCCf5G0Eid9gzxat5_bL0Do3i3yWDvj9l8drFqSqeQtZrn9KeWxe6LCsFViW9N_lXqTDymmGUHa3DABwBJ4EfvwHE1iBjAjgnsKEqlQ6-EsSqdtZaYb5A4IW9/s1600/tube.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHp-Q1cQnD5sz88FKlJcaTCCf5G0Eid9gzxat5_bL0Do3i3yWDvj9l8drFqSqeQtZrn9KeWxe6LCsFViW9N_lXqTDymmGUHa3DABwBJ4EfvwHE1iBjAjgnsKEqlQ6-EsSqdtZaYb5A4IW9/s640/tube.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not geographically accurate, but simplified for users</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fDRvgBBiJcBsd6J3idMP0tKr6VXdKnzghKSscK07eADaFGpRFgTpzxwiV5ND6bxhiFHObmRnqB6aSKvB_30zkNuneHNEqcVaC8VqR6qEDGhYmZkxuA2IPTqoKJOnkD4ruVIE6_wQROcH/s1600/800px-London_Underground_Zone_1.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fDRvgBBiJcBsd6J3idMP0tKr6VXdKnzghKSscK07eADaFGpRFgTpzxwiV5ND6bxhiFHObmRnqB6aSKvB_30zkNuneHNEqcVaC8VqR6qEDGhYmZkxuA2IPTqoKJOnkD4ruVIE6_wQROcH/s640/800px-London_Underground_Zone_1.svg.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unofficial map of  Zone 1<br />Geographically, more correct placement of stations</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In 1931 this English engineering draftsman drew up </div><div style="text-align: center;">a simplified diagram in his uncommissioned spare time</div><div style="text-align: center;">(he was later paid a nominal amount for the original concept)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">London Underground was skeptical of his radical proposal at first</div><div style="text-align: center;">but Beck's map gained immediate popularity </div><div style="text-align: center;">and is now a British design classic</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beck color coded the train lines (brown for Bakerloo, for example)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and continued to redesign the map until 1960</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out this fun map I stumbled upon recently</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BedVFKyQuvQNXIS4aIDspuiboogfSezKg7JgoSbsI2I-5maKjGLmTTwlUb5jMm-Cw5F-bci5PXF978fg2xRuN6_0WrrDkNH7v4aebGs2tqq8PvFrGxaLlG5_seoyTJLIFVJcqrPHxU8d/s1600/tubefilmmap.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BedVFKyQuvQNXIS4aIDspuiboogfSezKg7JgoSbsI2I-5maKjGLmTTwlUb5jMm-Cw5F-bci5PXF978fg2xRuN6_0WrrDkNH7v4aebGs2tqq8PvFrGxaLlG5_seoyTJLIFVJcqrPHxU8d/s1600/tubefilmmap.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">London film location map<br />available via <a href="http://shop.tfl.gov.uk/design-collections/underground-film-map/product/underground-film-map-poster.html">Transport for London</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think the lesson here is to go with your gut instinct</div><div style="text-align: center;">and if at first you don't succeed, try, try again</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nice job, Mr Beck</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources: Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Beck">1</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_map">2</a>, <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1106.aspx">TfL</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; 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London: Underground Tube Map

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