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Let’s start with some book recommendations. First, Alan Ereira’s 2016 biography of one-dimensional mapper extraordinaire John Ogilby (in which you’ll learn that his state-funded magnum opus “Britannia” was part of a plot for the French to invade England via Aberystwyth!)
Objects of high aspect ratio benefit from specially designed cameras to avoid perspective distortion. Daniel Lawrence Lu’s photos of San Francisco streetcars, like Adam Magyar’s earlier ones of NYC Subway trains, use line scan cameras, capturing 1000s of pixel columns/second.
A camera that only sees one column of pixels at a time turns out to be the perfect way to photograph a streetcar.
Daniel Lawrence Lu stood by the Muni tracks for three hours with a line scan camera, capturing about 10,000 one-pixel slices a second as each tram rolled past.
Since the vehicle paints itself onto the frame, there's no perspective at all. The trams come out flat and dead-on, like the elevation drawings an engineer would make, while the background smears into stripes. And people don't blur either.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id…
Great to see an animated version of the dimension-busting Flatland photography by @aydinbuyuktas. It would be fantastic to try this in a navigation app.
It was an honour to have a 1D map from my collection feature in an @underware talk last year at @ATypI Copenhagen. The video of the talk has just been published.
youtube.com/watch?v=5jaYrjHk…
清明上河图 (Along the River During the Qingming Festival, 12th century), the painted scroll sometimes called China’s Mona Lisa, has been brought to life digitally before, but AI is taking it to another level 👏
Another super example of #1dmaps from @AaronKoelker
Here's another receipt printer #map; this time of the Boston Marathon and contained in an enduro route sheet holder. (Thanks Eric Seitz for the suggestion). The map includes distances, landmarks, uphill segments, and more.
I want this postcard set badly
I'm fascinated by this 1948 Tour de France postcard collection which, when laid out, marks the entire route of the race that year. Has anyone seen anything like this before? @inrng @davidguenel
I’d love it! I took a photo of one in its natural habitat in 2013, so they aged well. It features as part of my #1dmaps collection. RT and reply? Tough call but ok!
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Frank Jacobs @VeryStrangeMaps wrote about the “Above Ground 2050” map in 2010. Worth a read despite slight bit-rot! bigthink.com/strange-maps/43…
Rob Durkin @vectorchap is to be credited for “Discover London above the Piccadilly Line” from 2015. He’s also done posters of the Victoria Line, the Overground and the Thames in this style robdurkin.co.uk/#TubePosters
