Realistic Tube Map? ~ Mapping Under London!

Going Underground's Blog guest poster Max Roberts takes a crack at creating a more Topographically Reasonable Tube Map of London's metro system! But is it possible? Or is this even worthwhile?! Yes, certainly, from a geo-informatics and urban wayfinding point of view. Anyways, here's his two top offerings, first trying to more realistically render in the classic Harry Beck Tube Map-style... And here's his spatially informative all-curves map... Lovely works!