London : the information capital : 100 maps and graphics that will change how you view the city / James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti.

By:

Cheshire, James [author.]

Contributor(s):

Uberti, Oliver [author.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2016Description: 239 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 20 x 29 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780141978796
0141978791

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

942.1 CHE 23

LOC classification:

DA684.25 .C44 2014
DA677

Summary: Geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti join forces to bring you a series of new maps and graphics charting life in London like never before. When do police helicopters catch criminals? Which borough of London is the happiest? Is 'czesc' becoming a more common greeting than 'salaam'? James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti could tell you, but they'd rather show you. By combining millions of data points with stunning design, they investigate how flights stack over Heathrow, who lives longest, and where Londoners love to tweet. The result? One hundred portraits of an old city in a very new way. Dr James Cheshire is a geographer with a passion for London and big data. His award-winning maps have appeared in the Guardian and the Financial Times as well as on his popular blog, Mapping London.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	942.1 CHE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100636399

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

When do police helicopters catch criminals? Which borough of London is the happiest? Is "czesc" becoming a more common greeting than "salaam"? Geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti could tell you, but they'd rather show you. By combining millions of data points with stunning design, they investigate how flights stack over Heathrow, who lives longest, and where Londoners love to tweet. The result? One hundred portraits of an old city in a very new way.

First published in Great Britain by Particular Books 2014. Published in Penguin Books 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231)

Geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti join forces to bring you a series of new maps and graphics charting life in London like never before. When do police helicopters catch criminals? Which borough of London is the happiest? Is 'czesc' becoming a more common greeting than 'salaam'? James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti could tell you, but they'd rather show you. By combining millions of data points with stunning design, they investigate how flights stack over Heathrow, who lives longest, and where Londoners love to tweet. The result? One hundred portraits of an old city in a very new way. Dr James Cheshire is a geographer with a passion for London and big data. His award-winning maps have appeared in the Guardian and the Financial Times as well as on his popular blog, Mapping London.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

James Cheshire is a geographer with a passion for London and big data. His award-winning maps have appeared in the Guardian and the Financial Times as well as on his popular blog, Mapping London. James is currently a lecturer at University College London and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Oliver Uberti is a visual journalist, designer, and the recipient of many awards for his information graphics and art direction. From 2003 to 2012, he worked in the design department of National Geographic , most recently as Senior Design Editor. He has a design studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan.