http://www.iamcal.com/ All the links rom iamcal.com 2018-11-22T00:24:31Z http://www.iamcal.com/images/logo.gif http://www.iamcal.com/ http://www.iamcal.com/2018-11/tube-tunnel-tours/ <p>I'm fairly obsessed with the London Underground, so these <a href="https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2018/11/18/disused-london-underground-tunnel-tours-announced/">tours of disused Tube tunnels</a> sounds amazing.</p> 2018-11-22T00:24:31Z Cal Henderson (http://www.iamcal.com/) http://www.iamcal.com/2017-12/tube-wifi-tracking/ <p>Long time readers will be familiar with my obsession with public transport, specifically the London Underground.</p> <p class="bimg"><a href="http://media.gizmodo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tube-report-hero-620x349.png"><img src="/images/blog/tube-report-hero-620x349.png" width="600" height="337" /></a></p> <p>Gizmodo's <a href="http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/09/london-underground-wifi-tracking-heres-everything-we-learned-from-tfls-official-report/">analysis</a> of Tube wifi tracking data is fascinating - including some of the truly insane paths people have taken between between King's Cross and Waterloo</p> 2017-12-11T23:33:51Z Cal Henderson (http://www.iamcal.com/) http://www.iamcal.com/2015-07/axonometric-tube/ <p>Transport for London has released 124 <a href="http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015/07/12/3d-maps-of-every-underground-station-ab/">axonometric diagrams</a> of underground stations. Looking at stations you've walked through thousands of times is still a little confusing.</p> <p class="bimg"><a href="http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/covent-garden.jpg"><img src="/images/blog/covent-garden.jpg" width="600" height="399" /></a></p> 2015-07-17T19:31:00Z Cal Henderson (http://www.iamcal.com/) http://www.iamcal.com/2012-10/the-circle-line/ <p>One the one hand, it looks terrible. However, London Underground Simulator (Circle Line) is so detailed in all the right ways that I just want to play it. For hours.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><div class="videoWrapper"><iframe width="560" height="340" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Th8H6mnM540?rel=0" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-f6ytD-mlA&amp;feature=channel&amp;list=UL">part 2</a> and then <a href="http://www.amazon.com/London-Underground-Simulator-PC-DVD-ROM/dp/B005CFDBF4/">buy yourself a copy</a>.</p> 2012-10-28T20:48:00Z Cal Henderson (http://www.iamcal.com/) http://www.iamcal.com/2012-06/more-underground-maps/ <p>Andrew Godwin has just released an <a href="http://stations.aeracode.org/">excellent mapping project</a>, visualizing a few London Underground stations, complete with public corridors, escalators, spiral staircases and platforms. The maps are 3D models, which you can pan and zoom inside the browser. Digging into the source is also worth a look, since it uses some nice canvas and <a href="https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js">three.js</a> guts.</p> <p class="bimg"><a href="http://stations.aeracode.org/"><img src="/images/blog/underground.jpg" width="600" height="292" /></a></p> <p>Poking around his other work, the <a href="http://www.aeracode.org/projects/twintubes/">Twin Tubes</a> map is also worth a look - the underground network with each individual track visualized.</p> <p class="bimg"><a href="http://www.aeracode.org/projects/twintubes/"><img src="/images/blog/twintubes-section.png" width="500" height="200" /></a></p> 2012-06-26T17:53:00Z Cal Henderson (http://www.iamcal.com/) http://www.iamcal.com/2011-04/2658/ <p>i used to work right by mount pleasant sorting office and was a bit obsessed with the mail railway. this <a href="http://www.silentuk.com/?p=2792">photo series</a> exploring it is excellent. read it now</p> 2011-04-25T07:00:00Z Cal Henderson (http://www.iamcal.com/) http://www.iamcal.com/2005-12/1115/ <p>not sure if i linked to these yet - matt pointed me to this <a href="http://www.oskarlin.com/2005/11/29/time-travel/">lovely piece of mapping work</a>, showing the tube map based on time between stations.</p> 2005-12-21T03:17:00Z Cal Henderson (http://www.iamcal.com/)