There is a poster map up at King's Cross St. Pancras which uses a new
notation I haven't seen before. I suppose it goes to show just how
flexible Beck's design remains.

Certain sections of line are drawn as a sequence of coloured Xs rather
than the normal solid line. This indicates that that section is subject
to engineering works at weekends.

Certain stations have the name in a box with a yellow background and
with a symbol beside it which, I believe, is meant to represent a
workman with a drill or spade. Again, it indicates that service at that
station is affected.

Presumably we won't see either of these in the pocket maps.

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Clive D. W. Feather wrote:

Certain sections of line are drawn as a sequence of coloured Xs rather
than the normal solid line. This indicates that that section is subject
to engineering works at weekends.

It's funny, that's how I always mark engineering works on tube maps as
well. Except the Xs are in regular grey pencil.
--
Michael Hoffman

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Clive D. W. Feather wrote:

There is a poster map up at King's Cross St. Pancras which uses a new
notation I haven't seen before.

Whereabouts, if i may ask?

Certain sections of line are drawn as a sequence of coloured Xs rather
than the normal solid line. This indicates that that section is subject
to engineering works at weekends.

Good. The style i've seen for engineering maps so far is to show the
normally-operating lines greyed out, with the closed lines in colour -
this is right in that it draws attention to the important bits (the
changes), but entirely fails to communicate the closedness visually.

tom

--
Scheme is simple and elegant *if you're a computer*.

Saw a similar map at Stratford this morning. Good clear legend

Paula

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:47:59 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Clive D. W. Feather wrote:

There is a poster map up at King's Cross St. Pancras which uses a new
notation I haven't seen before.

Whereabouts, if i may ask?

The first one of these I saw was on the westbound Met/Cir/H&C
platform, near the exit end. This would have been on 15th or 16th May.
Presumably they're going to churn out a limited number each week for
key locations.

Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
There is a poster map up at King's Cross St. Pancras which uses a new
notation I haven't seen before. I suppose it goes to show just how
flexible Beck's design remains.

This was mentioned in last week's Traffic Circular. The idea is that
they'll produce new maps every week instead of on a monthly basis, if
memory serves.

Cheers,

Barry

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, James Farrar wrote:

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:47:59 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Clive D. W. Feather wrote:

There is a poster map up at King's Cross St. Pancras which uses a new
notation I haven't seen before.

Whereabouts, if i may ask?

The first one of these I saw was on the westbound Met/Cir/H&C platform,
near the exit end. This would have been on 15th or 16th May. Presumably
they're going to churn out a limited number each week for key locations.

Aha. Well, i pass through Euston quite often, so i'll keep my eyes peeled.

tom

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storage time and more neutrons. -- NEDM

In article , Tom
Anderson writes
There is a poster map up at King's Cross St. Pancras which uses a new
notation I haven't seen before.
Whereabouts, if i may ask?

Tube booking hall, next to the assistance window rail side of the
barriers.

This evening I saw a second one on the wall of the passage from the tube
ticket hall to KX concourse.

Certain sections of line are drawn as a sequence of coloured Xs
rather than the normal solid line. This indicates that that section
is subject to engineering works at weekends.
Good. The style i've seen for engineering maps so far is to show the
normally-operating lines greyed out, with the closed lines in colour -
this is right in that it draws attention to the important bits (the
changes), but entirely fails to communicate the closedness visually.

The difference is that this wasn't a "closed lines only" map, it's
clearly designed to do duty as the standard map as well (so, for
example, it has the normal station index and the disabled symbols).
Checking the bottom-right corner, it has a validity period of a week (4
to 10 June in this case).

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On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:02:24 +0100, Barry Salter
wrote:

Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
There is a poster map up at King's Cross St. Pancras which uses a new
notation I haven't seen before. I suppose it goes to show just how
flexible Beck's design remains.

This was mentioned in last week's Traffic Circular. The idea is that
they'll produce new maps every week instead of on a monthly basis, if
memory serves.

Correct - the design is being trialled at a few locations at present to
see how well the public like it. If it's seen as being a genuine help
then it will become the new standard. A different approach is being
tried because the scale of work is going to ramp up considerably so high
quality information is essential.
--
Paul C


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On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:30:11 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:02:24 +0100, Barry Salter
wrote:

Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
There is a poster map up at King's Cross St. Pancras which uses a new
notation I haven't seen before. I suppose it goes to show just how
flexible Beck's design remains.

This was mentioned in last week's Traffic Circular. The idea is that
they'll produce new maps every week instead of on a monthly basis, if
memory serves.

Correct - the design is being trialled at a few locations at present to
see how well the public like it. If it's seen as being a genuine help
then it will become the new standard. A different approach is being
tried because the scale of work is going to ramp up considerably so high
quality information is essential.

How expensive is it going to be to churn out 1000+ network diagrams
every week?