Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
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Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
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Re: Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
#2It would be fun to see same iso-chronic map for today, 100 years since original. :)
Re: Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
#3Ooh, I've been investigating this lately, and I can't sleep. Here are some entries from my bookmarks:
* BART map, one minute per hexagon - http://transitmaps.tumblr.com/post/133579339455/lopato-bart-...
* Mapnificent, covering dozens of cities - http://www.mapnificent.net/
* OneBayArea, including housing prices - http://maps.planbayarea.org/travel_housing/
Re: Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
#4Ooh, I've been investigating this lately, and I can't sleep. Here are some entries from my bookmarks: * BART map, one minute per hexagon - http://transitmaps.tumblr.com/post/133579339455/lopato-bart-... * Mapnificent, covering dozens of cities - http://www.mapnificent.net/ * OneBayArea, including housing prices - http://maps.planbayarea.org/travel_housing/
Huh. Mapnificent is exactly what I've been looking for recently after a change-up in local transit routes. It would certainly make it easier to eyeball "short trips" when considering the intersection of multiple transit modes, assuming it's accurate enough.
Re: Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
#5It would be fun to see same iso-chronic map for today, 100 years since original. :)
My rough guess is that, if the units were hours, and if concorde still flew, then the map would look much the same?
Re: Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
#6It would be fun to see same iso-chronic map for today, 100 years since original. :)
My rough guess is that, if the units were hours, and if concorde still flew, then the map would look much the same?
I suspect a modern version would have more discontinuities.
Areas near airports would be fast to reach, but onward travel from the airports wouldn't be so much faster than 100 years ago.
And the oceans would look different - it still takes a long time to reach the mid-atlantic!
Re: Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
#7If anyone's particularly interested in unusual maps I'd recommend following @frankjacobs on Twitter. He's a collector of strange maps and tweets links to new posts on his blog. Enjoy
Re: Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
#8Awesome. But that's a low res scan. You can see a very high res scan here:
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~24...
Also, a scan of Galton's original isochronic map from 1881 is on Wikipedia; see:
Re: Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
My rough guess is that, if the units were hours, and if concorde still flew, then the map would look much the same?
I suspect a modern version would have more discontinuities. Areas near airports would be fast to reach, but onward travel from the airports wouldn't be so much faster than 100 years ago. And the oceans would look different - it still takes a long time to reach the mid-atlantic!
So travel time doesn't count using a private jet and a parachute?
Re: Time travel: An isochronic map of travel times from London circa 1914
#10The smallest unit listed - within 5 days journey - gives an interesting perspective on the world of travel at that time.
What would we choose nowadays for an equivalent unit of "not worth listing anything below this?" Within an hour?