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Last weekend I had nothing to do, so I've drawn my own tube map :-|
http://www.fxfp.com/get/tube/2007/05/m_001.png Warning! The file is about 500kb and quite large: 5000x3250 pixels. Notable changes compared to the official map: * no North London line (I will add Overground when it will launch) * "walk-only" interchanges between stations omitted (Shadwell, Bow Road/Church, etc) * no Regent's Park (it will be hidden until opening) and Shoreditch stations Any corrections are welcome! P.S. And if you are wonder, why the world needs yet another tube map - well, I have no idea ;-) Well, actually I do have an idea - I'm praparing my own website about the Tube and I needed editable map for it (to draw historical maps and future maps). |
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On 3 May 2007 14:11:46 -0700, alex_t wrote:
Last weekend I had nothing to do, so I've drawn my own tube map :-| http://www.fxfp.com/get/tube/2007/05/m_001.png Hmmm png, which loads quicktime, which promtly crashes and restarts the whole shell. I'm sure its nice but I won't be seeing it! Steve |
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![]() Hmmm png, which loads quicktime, which promtly crashes and restarts the whole shell. Oops! Something must be very wrong on your computer's configuration :- S I can open it in both IE and Firefox without any problems... |
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![]() "alex_t" wrote in message ups.com... Last weekend I had nothing to do, so I've drawn my own tube map :-| http://www.fxfp.com/get/tube/2007/05/m_001.png Warning! The file is about 500kb and quite large: 5000x3250 pixels. Notable changes compared to the official map: * no North London line (I will add Overground when it will launch) * "walk-only" interchanges between stations omitted (Shadwell, Bow Road/Church, etc) * no Regent's Park (it will be hidden until opening) and Shoreditch stations Any corrections are welcome! P.S. And if you are wonder, why the world needs yet another tube map - well, I have no idea ;-) Well, actually I do have an idea - I'm praparing my own website about the Tube and I needed editable map for it (to draw historical maps and future maps). I am not sure if it is meant to be topographical or give some sort of relation of proximities. If you are trying to give somesort of idea of distance between stations etc, the distance between Uxbridge and the Piccadilly line at Heathrow seems too great If it is topographical, it is great - I like it - it once again illustrates how poorly served 'sarf London' is Philip |
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![]() I am not sure if it is meant to be topographical or give some sort of relation of proximities. If you are trying to give somesort of idea of distance between stations etc, the distance between Uxbridge and the Piccadilly line at Heathrow seems too great This is not a topographical map - this is a diagram (which I tried to make more "lifelike"). The center and parts around Hammersmith and Whitechapel are enlarged, the border areas are skewed. |
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"alex_t" wrote in message
ups.com Last weekend I had nothing to do, so I've drawn my own tube map :-| http://www.fxfp.com/get/tube/2007/05/m_001.png Warning! The file is about 500kb and quite large: 5000x3250 pixels. Notable changes compared to the official map: * no North London line (I will add Overground when it will launch) * "walk-only" interchanges between stations omitted (Shadwell, Bow Road/Church, etc) * no Regent's Park (it will be hidden until opening) and Shoreditch stations Any corrections are welcome! P.S. And if you are wonder, why the world needs yet another tube map - well, I have no idea ;-) Well, actually I do have an idea - I'm praparing my own website about the Tube and I needed editable map for it (to draw historical maps and future maps). I like it, though you probably do need to move things around a little to better illustrate the true distances between stations. For example, shouldn't Southwark station be shown closer to Waterloo than to London Bridge? And the real Covent Garden is much closer to Leicester Square than to Holborn. One query is at Ealing Broadway -- presumably for simplicity, you show the District staying south of the Central, though in reality, of course, the District and Piccadilly are on the same tracks as they pass over the Central, and then the District swings round sharply to end up parallel to but north of the Central in Ealing Broadway station. Also, wouldn't it be better to show Camden Town as some sort of interchange? You also ignore national railways and trams altogether, not even showing interchanges with them -- wouldn't it be worth giving some indication of such connections? |
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I don't see why you made this?
The advantage of a systematic map, like Beck's tube map, is how clear it is. The advantage of a topological map is that you can see real distances and routes. This map combines them, but is less clear than a systematic map without being topologically correct either! So I really don't see what we are gaining here? |
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![]() The advantage of a systematic map, like Beck's tube map, is how clear it is. The advantage of a topological map is that you can see real distances and routes. This map combines them, but is less clear than a systematic map without being topologically correct either! So I really don't see what we are gaining here? I'm making a website about London Underground, and I needed a map to illustrate to stuff. As original tube map is copyrighted, I could not use it - so I made my own. I don't think there is any serious gain from this map - except that I'm going to update it very often, even with smallest changes (for example making special weekend versions, etc). |
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alex_t wrote:
The advantage of a systematic map, like Beck's tube map, is how clear it is. The advantage of a topological map is that you can see real distances and routes. This map combines them, but is less clear than a systematic map without being topologically correct either! So I really don't see what we are gaining here? I'm making a website about London Underground, and I needed a map to illustrate to stuff. As original tube map is copyrighted, I could not use it - so I made my own. There's a geographically accurate map at I don't think there is any serious gain from this map - except that I'm going to update it very often, even with smallest changes (for example making special weekend versions, etc). -- Michael Hoffman |
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alex_t wrote:
I'm making a website about London Underground, and I needed a map to illustrate to stuff. As original tube map is copyrighted, I could not use it - so I made my own. There's a geographically accurate map at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Im...d_full_map.png which is available under a free license. -- Michael Hoffman |
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