On 20/08/2012 20:14, PhilD wrote:
On Aug 20, 11:22 am, wrote:
I'm not buying a smartphone just to read a map. Navigating a metro system
is hardly rocket science. A map on a wall is all anyone needs unless they're
terminally stupid and need to be spoon fed even the simplest information.

Boltar

I don't always agree with your sentiments, but in this case I think
you are right. Relatively speaking, it is cheap and easy for maps to
be posted up on the walls in various strategic places (platforms, for
example), where a quick glance "I need to go down there a bit, then
over there a bit" tells the traveller enough.

That works if there is a turn-up and go service everywhere, or the map
shows details like "runs every half hour", "match days only", "no
service on St Fred's day", etc, and the passenger has a way of finding
out when those things are.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK