These maps are from Graphis Diagrams a wonderful book on the "graphic visualization of abstract data." The first map was taken from Plan for New York City, designed by Don Page and Frank Williams. The second map is from Etude d'amenagement, an urban renewal project based in Geneva, designed by Joel Katz. I love the liberal use of color in both examples. *[The bottom map reminds me of this book.]
Fun fact, these both use traditional land use color schemes. Red is commercial, purple is industrial, blue is institutional, yellow is residential, green is always open space. You can also vary the shade of each to denote density or sub-categories. The American Planning Association even has assigned RGB values: http://www.planning.org/lbcs/standards/
Posted by: Nik T | 15 March 2012 at 11:17 AM