"Guy Gorton" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 09:18:43 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:
The [lack of] correspondence between various mapping efforts, and where
tube lines actually are, has been discussed quite frequently (on u.t.l
at least). Even when such a maps claims to be geographical, it often
merely relies on "joining the dots" (ie the stations).

A quick look at Google maps ought to make this more obvious, rather than
less, for example here at Ealing Broadway (the District being the most
egregiously wrong): http://goo.gl/maps/xDyNf

Curiosly the Google map does show, as faint lines, the real routes of
the lines. It is even worse south of Acton Town.


If you switch off the 'Public Transport' option it looks sensible. It looks
to me like the coloured 'public transport' lines are only there in order to
provide the routeing engine with something to use when you ask for a route
on public transport.

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DAS