Maps

Walkonomics walking app comes to Toronto

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Walkonomics, a British-based company, is launching their walkability app in Toronto. It’s a concept pioneered by American... Read More

Video maps 24 hours of car2go

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A few weeks ago, we posted a video on Spacing Vancouver by Jarek Piórkowski that maps the 24 hour usage of car2go vehicles. Today... Read More

Hand drawn map of Japan’s intricate rail system

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Artist Wyton Cho has hand drawn Japan’s rail system. The colourful lines intersect and meet at stations, and present an... Read More

Is a grid the most efficient street layout?

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Is a grid system the most economically efficient way to lay out a downtown? Last week, I attended a talk by Prof. Robert Ellickson of... Read More

Toronto’s streetcar network in 1926

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Sample of Roman Fomin’s 1926 map of streetcar and interurban map available on Transit Toronto Transit Toronto is a great website... Read More

Toronto Maple Leafs history told in a subway map

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It should surprise no one who reads Spacing that I have a bit of an obsession when it comes to maps. And, as my close friends and... Read More

Sunday on the Island 2: The Breach

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  This is the second of a series of posts for Spacing Toronto exploring the Toronto Islands as the... Read More

Sunday on the Island 1: Slippery Names, Soft Sands.

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  This is the first of a series of posts for Spacing Toronto exploring the Toronto Islands as the potent place that they are to our... Read More

Spacing releases Canada City notebook-sketchbook

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The newest item added to Spacing’s e-store is our Canada City notebook/sketchbook. The 5.5-inch by 4-inch book contains 64 blank... Read More

Last day to enter Spacing’s Creative Mapping contest

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DEADLINE TODAY! Spacing magazine presents the CREATIVE MAPPING CONTEST Do you love maps? Are you an illustrator, graphic designer, or... Read More