Microsoft Acquisitions and Investments

Showing the acquisitions and investments of Microsoft, done as a tube map with each coloured line representing a different industry for each acquisition or investment.  Where the stations meet is where the two industries overlap.  The key at the bottom displays information about the location on the map of the station (company) the year of acquisition or investment.

Created by breaking the companies down by industry and then building out the map from where companies operating within the same industries crossed over.

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Connecting European Capitals by Train

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Diagram shows the routes by train from London to capitals of Europe. This infographic inspired by the classic Tube map.

The colours of the different lines are largely fanciful, with some faint logic: The red Imperial line connects some of the notable colonial capitals - London, Paris, Rome and Berlin; the light blue line connects Balkan capitals; the dark blue connects the Scandanavian capitals.