{"id":1809802,"date":"2022-11-11T12:38:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T17:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1809802"},"modified":"2022-11-11T12:38:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T17:38:15","slug":"mark-ovendens-youtube-channel-begins-with-a-look-at-the-madrid-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/mark-ovendens-youtube-channel-begins-with-a-look-at-the-madrid-metro\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Ovenden&#8217;s YouTube Channel Begins with a Look at the Madrid Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Madrid Metro Map Evolution\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sZlluvn5QqU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Mark Ovenden has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfcE3R0azt4WH2BhDdhx1ng\">YouTube channel<\/a> focusing on transit map design\u2014which is what you\u2019d expect from the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2015\/10\/new-edition-of-transit-maps-of-the-world\/\"><em>Transit Maps of the World<\/em><\/a> (along with other books on transit system design and transport maps: he is by no means a stranger to this blog). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sZlluvn5QqU\">It launches today with its first episode<\/a>, an on-the-ground look at the history of the Madrid metro system and its maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Ovenden has launched a YouTube channel focusing on transit map design\u2014which is what you\u2019d expect from the author of Transit Maps of the World (along with other books on transit system design and transport&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/mark-ovendens-youtube-channel-begins-with-a-look-at-the-madrid-metro\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[1052,565],"class_list":["post-1809802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-madrid","tag-spain","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1790281,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/03\/why-transit-maps-mislead\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809802,"position":0},"title":"Why Transit Maps Mislead","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 March 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hnWnTamZEBE RMTransit, a transit enthusiast YouTube channel, looks at some of the shortcomings of transit maps: how maps tend to fail at things like mode (tram vs. subway) or frequency. 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But he\u2019s also got other cities, like Barcelona, Glasgow and Paris, drawn in the London or Paris style,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Transit&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Transit","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/transit\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1785687,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/05\/vignelli-in-d-c\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809802,"position":2},"title":"Vignelli in D.C.","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"30 May 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"In the 1970s, Vignelli Associates\u2014Massimo and Lella Vignelli\u2014made a bid to design the maps for the Washington Metro. That gig went to Lance Wyman. The Vignelli Archives recently unearthed some presentation boards and design sketches from their bid; CityLab has more details. 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The discussion is rather math heavy (and therefore above my pay grade), but the gist is that for ease of use lines'\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Transit&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Transit","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/transit\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":552,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/01\/inat-london-metro-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809802,"position":5},"title":"INAT London Metro Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 January 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Jug Cerovi\u0107\u00a0has reimagined the map of London's transit network. It's\u00a0one of several transit maps that share a common design\u00a0language.\u00a0Mapping London calls it \"a lovely map\u00a0of the London system that manages to combine the tube and commuter rail networks into a single map that is clear and pleasant to read, unlike\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Transit&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Transit","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/transit\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"inat-london","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/inat-london-1024x515.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/inat-london-1024x515.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/inat-london-1024x515.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/inat-london-1024x515.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809802"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1809805,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809802\/revisions\/1809805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}