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Alternative London Map Step-By-Step
Most maps are used to depict geography, this one is different, it’s an alternative map of London. Skewed and distorted due to the fact that the scale isn’t in Km or Miles instead it is in steps. It is for a specific audience who want to know how many steps it will take to get from one place to the other. I wanted to create a balanced and readable representation that communicates instantly. Using my stride to measure the distance between different tube stops attempting to map out London. In the process gaining a reference to help decide whether a journey should be taken by foot or by any other means of transportation. Also, it demonstrates the benefits of walking instead of using, for example, the bus. One can burn calories and save just enough money for a rainy day. Other than benefiting a person financially, a brisk walk can count towards a persons’ daily exercise activity, which can prevent long-term health risks. All data on this map is based on a shoe size 38, and a stride that measures 79.5cm.Your pace affects the amount of calories burnt, a faster pace means more calories burned and a slower pace means fewer calories burned. Your current weight may also affect the amount of calories you burn. By no means is this map universal, it is very individual to myself. I had different thoughts of including measuring tape for the viewer to compare his or her stride to mine. Also this exercise proves that the quickest way to get from one place to the other is through straight line. This specific map was chosen because of the lack of curves and turns in the route. It is in central London thus everyone will be able to recognize the course. After researching, it was expected that there would be a lot more steps needed to get somewhere if there were a lot of people on that road. Instead, looking at the data there doesn’t seem to be a lot of difference (example Oxford Street). I felt very healthy after walking around London and if I had more energy in one day and more time I would have visited more areas and made the map a lot bigger in scale. Maybe I would have added landmarks to make a road more distinguishable from others, or the various pit stops I took. In the end I felt all those things too distracting from the final message, which is walk more when you can.