No, not maps of where naked people ride the metro! I just came across this quiz of identifying cities based on their subway maps drawn to the same scale, with all other landmarks hidden. I took the quiz, because I’m a sucker for map quizzes, and even though I’ve been to a few of the cities featured I passed with a 9 out of 11 correct! If you have time, take the quiz. I mostly guessed on all but a few of them.

These maps are pretty bare bones but they do reflect the geography of their cities. For instance, I guessed correctly on the Chicago map because it looks like it was following the shoreline of Lake Michigan. The New York one kind of looked like it focused more subway lines in the Manhattan area. The funniest one was the Glasgow map, since it was basically just a circle. I totally guessed on that one by the way.

These maps don’t really help with my project directly, but it does have me thinking about how I will want to display the Pennsylvania Railroad lines and if I will want to keep the details of towns/names to help readers identify the area. I think for my project, I will want a happy medium between too much and too little information.

Now to actually get this project done!