I collected over 100 pictograms from different London public places:
Moscow map 1973
Map of the central part of Moscow. USSR, 1973.
Interesting fact:
The subway stations labeled with some numbers. The real names of stations are presented on the other side of the paper. I don’t know the reason to make it so complicated, may be it was been disallowed by Soviet laws.
Saint-Petersburg views from air
We recently launched panoramic views of Saint Petersburg.
So, take a look at Yandex.Maps:
Saint Michael’s Castle
Church of the Savior on Blood
Peter and Paul Fortress
And there is a lot of beautiful viewpoints, discover them by clicking on the balls icons.
Moscow metro map has been redesigned
Since last autumn Moscow metro started to change their maps at the stations. At the some stations you can see the new style of the transit map.
Old style map still placed in the trains, bat at the some stations map design was changed.
There is a new map style (sorry about quality of photos – there is not enough light at the stations):
A little bit closer:
The new map more clear than the previous map style, but not enough as I expect. There is an own style stations designation, but the main idea follows Tube-style maps.
There are few problems with the station names labeling. Station names in latin-characters not enough bright, the light-gray color of the labels not redeable where not enough lighting. And there is some mess with labels and lines, the station names labels shouldn`t be placed on top of the lines.
But, I have to agree the fact new map better than old. May be it will be better in future.
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Minsk: maps & signs
A month ago I have been in Minsk (Belarus).
If you dream about Time Machine to come to the Soviet times welcome to Minsk. There are lot of artifacts from USSR in the city. But there are also a lot of modern urban elements. Minsk authorities take care of it.
Ok, let talk about subj.
The most famous touristic map you can buy – the map with normal and axonometry view. (I got the same kind of map from Kiev before).
And you can buy and use the country map:
The author of these maps is Ruben Atoyan.
I didn`t scanned the normal view map, there is nothing interesting.
There is a tourist information kiosk in the center of the city.
If you don`t know Russian/Belarusian language you will get lost. There is no latin characters for labels in most places. Like in this touristic map too.
The map on the bus stop:
The touristic map inside the subway station:
Old style house number and street name sign:
New style signs:
I think old style signs better than new one.
Subway stations entrances marked these outdoor signs:
…in the night:
“Exit” sign inside the subway station:
It looks funny, sign was designed at 80`s I think
Station name at the platform:
Direction signs:
Before entrance to the escalator I have seen this sign: “Caution! You may fall down!”
This is something from “wet floor” signs series.
The Minsk public transport system consists of subway (Minsk metro), buses and tramways.
There is a map of tramway routes inside the wagons. I love useful transit maps wich using color coding for the separate routes. It is a good way to make routes map clear. Unfortunately not all transit maps authors takes care about that. There is color coding helps to follow the route on the map, but colors might be more different.
Special traffic light for tramway looks very nice:
In Minsk are very wide sidewalks on the major streets. It allows to combine bike traffic within pedestrian ways. But with part is intended for bikes suggests special markup.
Postbox:
Post`s logo seems pretty good.
Finally, I want to say about Minsk: I liked it.
More photos from Minsk streets you can see in this set
Venice map (paper, 1930′s, USSR)
My paper maps collection has replenished with the map of Venice. This map was designed in 1930`s in the USSR. like paper maps from Soviet times because they are designed pretty good.
View the more detailed image of this Map
Istambul traffic visualization
Thousands GPS-signals received from a lot of the vehicles in one day November, 3 in Istanbul.
Yandex Maps visualized this data. Enjoy!
Hand-drawn maps with isometry
I have been in Kiev (Ukraine) this september and I have used this paper map during my trip. On the one side there is a normal streets map (like a thousands touristic streets maps of the hundred cities). There is no interesting. On the other side printed this hand-drawn map with isometry.
Of cause, I have seen many similar map types before, but I have used the only this type of map on the place first time. I haven`t looked on the normal streets map. After using this map I can say: this is an excellent way to get right directions and to find destinations.
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Wayfinding systems of Paris
Three weeks ago I was in Paris. I have spotted some interesting signs, maps and fingerpoints of Paris. These urban signs help you to find the right way if you get lost.
You can see all photos in the Flickr set.
I have posted here the most interesting of them.
