Designing Schematic Maps

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Scheming against accurate maps Illustration from Daniel Crouch Rare Books Rasagy Sharma Information Designer, Data Artist & a compulsive Sketchnoter. @rasagy @data.n.coded

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“Where are you from?” (Where is home?)

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Delhi (17 yrs) Goa (4 yrs) Mysuru (3 mon) Hyderabad (6 mon) Mumbai (3 mon) Pune (1.5 yrs) © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Bengaluru ❤ (3 yrs 8+yrs)

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“This was once home” (Rasagy, 2017) © Mapbox© OpenStreetMap

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What does the term map mean? Mapping data/information vs making a map: Verb vs noun As a noun: conceptual, geographic, schematic, contextual, fantasy…

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Mapping maps Detailed (Lot of Geographical data) Abstract (Less/No Geographical data) Accurate & real Imaginary or conceptual Geographic maps Schematic maps Mind mapping Charts Fiction or Fantasy maps

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London Underground Tube Map (1908 → 1933) Images from Wikimedia

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First London Tube Map (1908) Images from Wikimedia

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Fred Stingemore’s map (1926): Spacing & labels Images from Wikimedia

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Harry Beck’s Tube map (1931 & 1933): Straighter lines, even distance, diagonals Images from Wikimedia

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#1 Where, Who, Why Start by deciding where is the map of, who is it for, & why would they view it? Portrait of Abraham Ortelius in his study by Constant Aimé Marie Cap

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Where: Choosing the scale of the map, from city to a street Aishwary K, IDC IIT Bombay Sasha Cherian, NID Bangalore

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Who & Why: Finding your map’s audience & purpose Paridhi Yadav, NID Ahmedabad Arun Kumar, NID Bangalore ShravaniAgarkar, NID Bangalore

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#2 Mental model Without seeing the actual map, draw what’s most important to you. Thinking It Over by Thomas Waterman Wood

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Mental model vs actual locations: Discovering what matters Bhanvee Gupta, NID Bangalore Aarushi Shash, NID Ahmedabad ShravaniAgarkar, NID Bangalore

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#3 Trace the key structure Using a map (like OSM) for reference, trace the major roads, natural features, regions, places of interest… The Cartographer in His Study by Ludwig Gloss

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Tracing the key structure: Curate! Ameer Hamza, IDC IIT Bombay Niharika K, IDC IIT Bombay

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#4 Abstract the traced structure Explore if there is a geometric shape, or a relevant metaphor that can be abstracted from the structure. Else, abstract along a grid. Simplify. The cartographer by Wilhelm Löwith

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Abstraction: Shape Prachi Tank, IDC IIT Bombay RoopamSonpethkar, NID Bangalore Parthob, IDC IIT Bombay

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Abstraction: Metaphor Akshay Rajpurohit, NID Bangalore Tanaya, NID Bangalore ShravaniAgarkar, NID Bangalore

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Abstraction: Grid Noopur Kumari Kashyap, IDC IIT Bombay Jonathan Sawian, IDC IIT Bombay NamahaS, NID Ahmedabad

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#5 Add more elements Add Kevin Lynch's 5 elements of the city: Nodes, edges, districts, paths & landmarks Portrait of Kevin Lynch

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Mapping 5 elements of city: Nodes, edges, districts, paths & landmarks SarthokMazumder, NID Ahmedabad Srishti Mitra, NID Ahmedabad

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Mapping 5 elements of city: Nodes, edges, districts, paths & landmarks Sai Anjan, IDC IIT Bombay Aishwary K, IDC IIT Bombay

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Mapping 5 elements of city: Nodes, edges, districts, paths & landmarks Vivek Rajoria, NID Ahmedabad Abhilash, NID Bangalore

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Mapping 5 elements of city: Nodes, edges, districts, paths & landmarks Arun Kumar, NID Bangalore Rajshree, NID Bangalore

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#6 Ask for feedback! Share it with folks who ﬁt the audience, examine if this helps them see your home through your eyes! The cartographer by Jacques Bouillon

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“On Exactitude in Science" by Jorge Luis Borges. Illustrated by Tim Brumley

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🙏 Rasagy Sharma @rasagy rasagy.in @data.n.coded Thanks to Prof. Venkatesh Rajamanickam (IDC, IIT Bombay), Prof. Chakradhar Saswade (NID Bangalore) & Arun Ganesh (Mapbox).