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After 2003’s Metro Maps of the World and 2015’s Transit Maps of the World (our review here), this is Mark Ovenden’s third offering on the subject of global transit maps and diagrams. The question to be asked, then, is simply – is a new book on the same subject worth it? In a word: yes. […]
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Submission – Unofficial Map: Tramways in Gdańsk, Poland by Arsen Mosiichuk, 2024

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