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These have been dotted around the Square Mile for a while now and are very useful - shame I rarely spend much time there sadly
NJB | 28.11.07 - 7:43 a.m. | #
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"The A-Z is for drivers?"
Is it? Really? Well I've never found it very good for drivers (maybe OK for their navigators). On the other hand I've always found it pretty good for walking and cycling. Since I seem to recall that it was put together by someone who walked all the streets that's not really surprising.
That's not to take away anything from any new projects such as this which aim to help pedestrians who don't have (or carry) an A-Z.
NiC | Homepage | 28.11.07 - 8:23 a.m. | #
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Agree with NJB - these look very similar to the miniliths already found in the City of London. In fact, I made use of them yesterday to navigate my way from Old Street to Mansion House. The most useful feature was the maps bing visually orientated, not by the compass.
Marc | 28.11.07 - 8:48 a.m. | #
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Just thought of something else...
1. If most people use the tube map to navigate on the surface, why not have the routes of the lines signed on the surface? In most cases, this would be a fairly straightforward exercise, given that most of the 'original' Underground lines in the centre of town (Picc, Northern, Bakerloo, District, Met, Central) run directly underneath main thoroughfares (eg Central line runs under a continuous road from Chancery Lane to Shepherd's Bush stations).
2. Building on that idea, in addition to the line signage, why not have signs to all other tube stations within a fifteen minute walking radius (eg Tottenham Court Road to Picc Circus and Covent Garden, as well as to Goodge Street, Holborn, Leicester Square and Oxford Circus)?
Marc | 28.11.07 - 9:10 a.m. | #
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Islington have similar bits of signage scattered around their borough, I can see one from my window as I type this.
Simstim | Homepage | 28.11.07 - 10:15 a.m. | #
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I have to say as a driver round London, walking is a hell of a lot easier than driving. You want to drive somewhere and its all no right turn if you want to go right. The Tottenham Court Road area is particularly bad for that. You can see where you want to go but its all no entry or one way the other way and you have to go miles around.
Debster | 28.11.07 - 10:24 a.m. | #
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I have seen the ones around the Square Mile, but for me they were not too useful. I sometimes use the "local area maps" found in some tube station exits.
I hope graffiti, which makes bus timetables at some bus stops unreadable, doesn’t appear and spoil these new street guides.
John | 28.11.07 - 10:51 a.m. | #
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As someone who goes to London only maybe twice a year, and likes to walk when I do, these look great. And, yes, the ones around the square mile are useless, but these are better by the looks of things...
Kirk | 28.11.07 - 1:02 p.m. | #
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I find that spatial recognition along with map-reading skills vary greatly from person to person. For instance every time my spouse recommends to turn right, it's a sure bet the correct turn will be to the left.
Spectacular photos!
jon | Homepage | 28.11.07 - 2:52 p.m. | #
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Islington have similar bits of signage scattered around their borough, I can see one from my window as I type this.
Which is handy, but sums up why Legible London is a good idea - they won't stop when you cross a boundary.
Inspector Sands | Homepage | 28.11.07 - 3:10 p.m. | #
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Incidentally, the inclusion of Proper Maps in bus shelters has been a Good Thing over the past few years.
Inspector Sands | Homepage | 28.11.07 - 3:12 p.m. | #
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Being pedantic (like one of your other regular readers!), 'lith' is the ancient Greek for 'stone', and a monolith is 'one stone'. A 'minilith' should be a 'small stone' which it does not appear to be!
fredbarker | 28.11.07 - 4:50 p.m. | #
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Your photo looks just like the ones in Bristol too.
Libby | 28.11.07 - 5:32 p.m. | #
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North not always at the top?? Thats confusing...
Gina | 29.11.07 - 2:33 p.m. | #
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The A to Z is amazing for walkers! A wealth of information! My London bible! (along with this blog) 
Helen | 29.11.07 - 4:42 p.m. | #
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These do look like a good idea. Even though I grew up in London I remember the time I realised how just close Victoria and Whitehall are, after always taking the Tube.
The folly of using the tube map as a guide to surface distance is something I find myself warning visitors about quite frequently.
Grahame | 29.11.07 - 4:51 p.m. | #
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The best way to learn your way around a city is to walk it, keeping to main thoroughfares until you gain confidence. It's buses I find tricky as I don't always watch where it's going so don't know where to get off. That's where I find the A to Z is useful, to follow the route.
Z | Homepage | 02.12.07 - 5:34 p.m. | #
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