Transit Maps of the World
by Mark Ovenden
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Book Reviews of Transit Maps of the World
Book Review: Subway maps
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a good collection of art work. It is not, however, a travel guide of any sort. In order to compile the maps into a reasonable sized book, the author has had to make them too small to be useful. So it's an interesting collection of cartography, but you still need to buy a guide book wherever you're going.Book Review: Nice, but a link to a website with full-size maps is needed.
Summary: 4 Stars
The concept of the book is brilliant, but the small size of the reproduced maps blunt the effect of the concept. I propose some sort of website that would be accessible, in some way, ONLY to purchasers of the book. This website would have full-size images of all the maps illustrated in the book.Book Review: Beautiful Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
After seven months, Atlanta's transit people still haven't sent me their system map. This book provides me with their train system map, but not the bus system map.
Anyway, the book reads like an Edward Tufte book - old maps show the development of today's simple, readable designs.
Book Review: Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book for my son who is autistic. He is fascinated by trains, subways, trollies, and buses. He loves to look at the maps of various transit systems and memorizes the portions of the systems he would like to ride on. This was absolutely the perfect gift for him.Book Review: informative and a fun read
Summary: 5 Stars
Gave this book as a gift to my cousin who is a world traveler and public transporation buff. He loved it! I ended up buying a copy for myself. Fun to read as well as a useful reference. The book is uniquely organized into 'zones' filled with colorful pictures new and old.