Minicast B10: Harry Beck's London Tube Map
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English - October 28, 2019 04:05 - 5 minutes - 5.24 MB - ★★★★★ - 292 ratingsPolitics News Comedy tacos gin history jeopardy omnibus politics progressive trivia Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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An underemployed draftsman named Harry Beck looked at the original London Underground map, realized it was crap, and set himself the task of creating a better one. By ignoring one of the cardinal rules of mapmaking he showed how to make transit maps better and easier to use.
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