Harry Beck\’s map of the London Tube is a design classic. Most transit systems around the world have copied the look of it. All the lines are vertical, horizontal, or 45° and the resulting map is more readable and understandable in regards to the relationships between stations and where you can transfer. The problem is that it\’s not geographically accurate, as distances between stations are distorted. For example, the 2 closest Tube stations to my hotel were Bayswater and Queensway, on the Circle/District and Central lines, respectively. On Beck\’s map it looks like the stations are perpendicular to each other and kind of far apart. In reality both stations are on the same street and only 1 block apart, as you can see on this geographical Tube map. So when I was in London I mostly used Beck\’s map but I also printed the geographical map, which came in handy a few times.