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Latest Academic Research on Map Design
from the Universities of Kent and Reading:
How to Improve the Usability
of Maps and Plans Design
18:30 at Atkins, 26th Floor, Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, London, NW1 3AT.
Sign Design Society, description of the meeting is here.
Peter Lloyd will be presenting the joint Universities of Essex-Kent research
into the effects of colour-coding on map usability.
Transit Maps: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
14:30 at Broomfield Village Hall, Main Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford,
CM1 7AH. University of the Third Age
Broomfield and District branch.
Description of the presentation is here. FULLY BOOKED
Map of the Month shows a city divided by two networks, poles apart.
PS499 Transit Maps: Past, Present & Future
All course details and lecture slides for 2018 now updated.
PS452 Intelligent Behavior
All course details and lecture slides for 2018 now uploaded.
Digitising schematic maps: Recreating or reinventing history?
Discusses the pros and cons of implementing historic schematic
maps using vector graphics software.