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Comment une dispute entre une application iPhone et la RATP a donné lieu a une centaine de cartes qui redessinent le métro parisien, comme un moyen de forcer les données à s'ouvrir.

an isogreenic map. This would have a psychological influence on the user when he decides which transportation makes the trip easier:

An all-curves map smoothes away the awkward kinks, revealing the underlying structure of the network (below). In usability tests, this version is 30 per cent faster for planning than the official map.

By removing the unnecessary, this New York City map-cut reveals the “paths, nodes, circles, boulevards, parks and streets” of the greatest city in the world.

Paris that was being colonised, by its provinces: “By the mid-nineteenth century, half the inhabitants of Paris came from the provinces and most of them did not consider themselves Parisian. Migrants spent as little money as possible while away from home. Mentally, they never left their pays (…) In certain Paris streets, the sounds and smells of villages and provincial towns drowned out the sounds and smells of the capital. For many, their street cry was the only French they spoke.”