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Diagrams 2012: Diagrammatic Representation and Inference pp 349–351Cite as

Notes about the London Underground Map as an Iconic Artifact

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 7352))

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The icon is defined as a sign whose manipulation reveals, by direct observation of its intrinsic property, some information on its object. The London Underground Map is an example of an artifact used to represent part-part/part-whole relations of the largest underground systems of the world. It provides a powerful semiotic niche built for extraction and manipulation of relations. This paper explores the design of the London Underground Map through the notion of iconic artifact.

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  1. State University of Rio de Janeiro, Superior School of Industrial Design, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Breno Bitarello

  2. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Institute of Arts and Design, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

    Pedro Atã & João Queiroz

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, 6050 University Avenue, B3H 1W4, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Philip Cox

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Private bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

    Beryl Plimmer

  3. School of Computing, Unviersity of Kent, CT2 7NF, Canterbury, UK

    Peter Rodgers

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Bitarello, B., Atã, P., Queiroz, J. (2012). Notes about the London Underground Map as an Iconic Artifact. In: Cox, P., Plimmer, B., Rodgers, P. (eds) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Diagrams 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7352. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31223-6_48

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