{"id":1927,"date":"2017-10-06T10:48:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T15:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2017-10-06T10:48:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T15:48:32","slug":"atlas-selection-transit-maps-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/2017\/10\/06\/atlas-selection-transit-maps-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlas Selection: Transit Maps of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1928 aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 12px\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/files\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-04-at-11.52.51-AM-300x265.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/files\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-04-at-11.52.51-AM-300x265.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/files\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-04-at-11.52.51-AM-768x679.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/files\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-04-at-11.52.51-AM.png 996w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My atlas selection is entitled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transit Maps of the World<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It is a book of maps showing every train route in the world. This is the first Atlas to ever depict this subject matter which makes it particularly ground breaking. \u00a0Mark Ovenden, the creator of this map, uses bright colors and sharp, clean lines to draw the viewer&#8217;s attention to specific routes. Overall, this atlas is especially noteworthy as it shows how cartography and maps in general are used in the 21st century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0&#8220;27 Best World Atlases For Map Lovers In 2017.&#8221; Brilliant Maps. November 06, 2016. Accessed October 06, 2017. http:\/\/brilliantmaps.com\/world-atlas\/#food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My atlas selection is entitled Transit Maps of the World. It is a book of maps showing every train route in the world. This is the first Atlas to ever depict this subject matter which makes it particularly ground breaking. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/2017\/10\/06\/atlas-selection-transit-maps-of-the-world\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3456,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}