The London Map combines recordings from the Sound Maps and Sound Actions sections into a single interface, with the Wildlife section soon to follow. Historical map layers give a background to the modern-day sounds of London.
Present-day map tiles derived from the Mapnik layer of the OpenStreetMap project, an open-source collaborative world map.
London part of a nationwide survey of land use intended as a 'modern-day Domesday book'. Much of the work was done by schoolchildren.
A colour-coded map of London depicting levels of poverty and wealth. Commissioned by the social reformer Charles Booth.
London map derived from four separate sheets of the Ordnance Survey First Series, published from 1805 onwards.
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