Subway Specs - Part II

New York architect Candy Chan was so amazed to discover that there are no three-dimensional plans of New York subway stations that she decided to go ahead and create her own. The result is X-Ray Area Maps, a series of beautifully drawn bird's eye view illustrations of subway stations which reveal the tunnels, platforms and escalators which exist under New York's streets.

Last Year Chan

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The Interactive Map of Tudor England

A new interactive map allows you to explore London as it looked in the time of Henry VIII. The Layers of London project has added a Tudor Map overlay which shows a map of London in the year 1520 (select the map from the 'Layer tools' menu).

The Layers of London Tudor map features lots of locations which now no longer exist. The Fleet River, which gave its name to Fleet Street, and which is now

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Harry Beck's Live London Tube Map

Mathew Somerville's Live London Tube Map has been tracking the real-time movements of London Underground trains since 2010. It provides an incredible live view of the tube, showing all the network's trains moving in real-time on a map of London.

Over the years the Live London Tube Map has had a few updates. Most significantly it shifted from using the Google Maps API to Leaflet.js. It also now

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