Automating a London Tube Style Transit Map of the World

09 September 2024
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The document discusses a study aimed at assessing the feasibility of automating the development of a worldwide schematic transit map from OpenStreetMap data.

The study, which was initiated by English draftsman Harry Beck, focused on prioritizing routes and connections over exact geography in his design of the iconic Tube Map of the London Underground in 1931.

The results of this study are available on the LOOM Global Transit Map website.

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