Iconic Tube Map transformed to show how the University fibre-optic network 'travels' around the city.
The iconic Transport for London Tube Map has been given the Cambridge treatment to show how far the University’s fibre-optic network stretches.
With a nod to classic re-interpretations of the map, like artist Simon Patterson’s The Great Bear, the University Information Services (UIS) transformed it to show the extent of its Granta Backbone Network (GBN).
Jon Holgate, Head of Networks for UIS, said: “The University of Cambridge has a world-class, city-wide fibre-optic network, stretching more than 45 kilometres and linking two hundred Collegiate institutions. We created the ‘underground map’ to show the extent of the service that we provide, and hope that it offers an interesting and informative presentation.”
Like Patterson’s artwork, which replaces London’s stations and lines with the names of saints, artists and stars of TV and film, the GBN stylised map exchanges the names of routes and stops with Cambridge-themed titles like Bumps and Bruises, The Turing Loop, and Book Line & Thinker.
A version of the map is available through the following link: http://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/gbn_map_v21a.pdf