File:London bus tube spider maps.jpg

London_bus_tube_spider_maps.jpg (387 × 257 pixels, file size: 20 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Description

Transport information maps at Waterloo Station, London, UK, displaying a London Buses "spider map" next to a traditional London Underground map.

Source

Photograph: own work; 2-dimensional maps depicted in photograph: copyright Transport for London, used under fair use terms detailed below.

Date

18 November 2007

Author

Cnbrb (talk) 13:13, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

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Non-free media information and use rationale true for Tube map
Description

Transport information maps at Waterloo Station, London, UK, displaying a London Buses "spider map" next to a traditional London Underground map.

Source

Photograph: own work; 2-dimensional maps depicted in photograph: copyright Transport for London, used under fair use terms detailed below.

Article

Tube map

Portion used

Two maps, full display

Low resolution?

Yes - maps are at a distance, with perspective distortion and low resolution

Purpose of use

To illustrate the comparative designs of the London tube map and derivative bus map designs in an article discussing the graphical information design style of maps produced by Transport for London; to support critical commentary of the map designs; and to illustrate the influence of the design work of Harry Beck as discussed in the article.

Replaceable?

No free alternative

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Tube map//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:London_bus_tube_spider_maps.jpgtrue

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current07:02, 22 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 07:02, 22 January 2017387 × 257 (20 KB)Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
13:13, 14 December 2009No thumbnail1,000 × 665 (603 KB)Cnbrb (talk | contribs){{Information |Description = Transport information maps at Waterloo Station, London, UK, displaying a London Buses "spider map" next to a traditional London Underground map. |Source = Photograph: own work; 2-dimensional maps depicted in photo

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