Interactive maps of travel time and housing prices in London
MySociety, an NGO which builds websites that give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives, came to Stamen with a remit to explore two fascinating datasets: median prices of homes throughout London, and the time it takes to travel from one place to another throughout the city.
Chris Lightfoot (4 August 1978 — 11 February 2007) was an English scientist and political activist. He was the first developer, with Tom Steinberg, at e-democracy charity mySociety.
Sometimes, it’s more useful to know a journey time than it is to know the distance.
That’s why people often refer to ‘an hour’s commute’ rather than ‘40 miles’.
Mapumental is a beautiful tool to show public transport travel times, from or to a chosen postcode, on a timebanded map. These can be embedded in websites, apps or online tools, or used for internal research purposes.
Transit-time maps, also known as isochrone maps, are not a new idea: there are examples dating back hundreds of years. But the online technologies behind Mapumental are new – and have unleashed a great many possibilities for all kinds of users.
http://v1.stamen.com/clients/mysociety.html
MySociety Travel Time Maps
Interactive maps of travel time and housing prices in London
MySociety, an NGO which builds websites that give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives, came to Stamen with a remit to explore two fascinating datasets: median prices of homes throughout London, and the time it takes to travel from one place to another throughout the city.
https://www.mysociety.org/2007/03/05/more-travel-time-maps-a...
https://www.mysociety.org/2007/03/05/real-time-travel-maps/
Chris Lightfoot (4 August 1978 — 11 February 2007) was an English scientist and political activist. He was the first developer, with Tom Steinberg, at e-democracy charity mySociety.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lightfoot
Sometimes, it’s more useful to know a journey time than it is to know the distance.
That’s why people often refer to ‘an hour’s commute’ rather than ‘40 miles’.
Mapumental is a beautiful tool to show public transport travel times, from or to a chosen postcode, on a timebanded map. These can be embedded in websites, apps or online tools, or used for internal research purposes.
Transit-time maps, also known as isochrone maps, are not a new idea: there are examples dating back hundreds of years. But the online technologies behind Mapumental are new – and have unleashed a great many possibilities for all kinds of users.
https://www.mysociety.org/better-cities/mapumental/
Mapumental developed the project (site currently down for maintainance):
http://www.mapumental.com/
Stamen Design has done lots of really cool stuff with maps:
http://v1.stamen.com/