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they look beautiful but does anyone actually use these maps? seems like something an app can do pretty easily.

by strikelaserclaw 7y ago

TurkishPoptart 7y ago
If they are posted at the metro station and within carriages, I sure as hell would. I don't want to use my phone for _everything_, especially if what I want to see can be mass produced on a piece of paper.
- Mirioron 7y ago
  But you'd have to guess which station is where, because the map isn't necessarily representative of it.
einpoklum 7y ago
Someone has to write that application though. Just think about the amount of work that's gone into GraphViz, and this seems a harder task still, with probably-complex aesthetic constraints.
et-al 7y ago
Yes, I actually saved Jug Cerović's Tokyo map on my phone back in Nov 2014. I found it superior to other offerings at the time because it had multiple systems on one map without making my eyes glaze over. Cerović: http://www.inat.fr/metro/tokyo/ http://www.inat.fr/metro/tokyo/ vs Tokyo Metro: https://www.tokyometro.jp/library_in/en/subwaymap/pdf/rosen_en_1803.pdf https://www.tokyometro.jp/library_in/en/subwaymap/pdf/rosen_... vs Tokyo Subway: https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/subway/line.pdf https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/subway/line.pdf When visiting a foreign city, I'll save a copy of the city's transit map on my phone. It saves me the hassle of squeezing by people to check out the map by the train door, and it's not susceptible to spotty data while underground. btw, Cerović's maps are now offered in an official app. Unfortunately there's no interactivity. - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inat-metro-maps/id1194423205 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inat-metro-maps/id1194423205 - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amilutinovic.inat https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amilutinov...

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they look beautiful but does anyone actually use these maps? seems like something an app can do pretty easily.

by strikelaserclaw 7y ago

they look beautiful but does anyone actually use these maps? seems like something an app can do pretty easily.

TurkishPoptart 7y ago
If they are posted at the metro station and within carriages, I sure as hell would. I don't want to use my phone for _everything_, especially if what I want to see can be mass produced on a piece of paper.
- Mirioron 7y ago
  But you'd have to guess which station is where, because the map isn't necessarily representative of it.
einpoklum 7y ago
Someone has to write that application though. Just think about the amount of work that's gone into GraphViz, and this seems a harder task still, with probably-complex aesthetic constraints.
et-al 7y ago
Yes, I actually saved Jug Cerović's Tokyo map on my phone back in Nov 2014. I found it superior to other offerings at the time because it had multiple systems on one map without making my eyes glaze over. Cerović: http://www.inat.fr/metro/tokyo/ http://www.inat.fr/metro/tokyo/ vs Tokyo Metro: https://www.tokyometro.jp/library_in/en/subwaymap/pdf/rosen_en_1803.pdf https://www.tokyometro.jp/library_in/en/subwaymap/pdf/rosen_... vs Tokyo Subway: https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/subway/line.pdf https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/subway/line.pdf When visiting a foreign city, I'll save a copy of the city's transit map on my phone. It saves me the hassle of squeezing by people to check out the map by the train door, and it's not susceptible to spotty data while underground. btw, Cerović's maps are now offered in an official app. Unfortunately there's no interactivity. - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inat-metro-maps/id1194423205 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inat-metro-maps/id1194423205 - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amilutinovic.inat https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amilutinov...