Books: Railway Maps of the World

[dewline]

One other thing: I picked up the above title, written by one Mark Ovenden the other week. Based on his handling of what's called Transit Maps of the World in the anglophone portions of North America and Paris Underground over the last few years, it seemed like a good choice. And I've been a sucker for a well-designed map - or book about such maps - since I was a kid.

Worth the money. It's thorough, it showed me stuff I'd never seen before, and gave me a sense of rail-related graphic design history that I may end up playing with for years.

Mostly, it's just fun.

Comments

[jkahane.livejournal.com]

Does the book provide maps of subway systems and the like in major cities like Paris and London, or is it just about surface railways and stuff?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

This one does focus on surface railways.

Seeing as he's already done the subway systems in a book all their own...

[jkahane.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for that information. ::search fu engaged::

Excellent! :)

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Enjoy!

Additional suggestion: do get both books. They make for a good pair of reads!