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I'll never forget the day I thought I might change from one station to the next by walking, because they were right next to each other on the metro map – only t
by kqr 2y ago
I'll never forget the day I thought I might change from one station to the next by walking, because they were right next to each other on the metro map – only to discover they were actually a couple of miles apart.
Or the time a relative visiting the city took the wrong train because when they needed to go north, the metro map showed northbound trains as eastbound in that area.
I think there is a compromise to be made. The best example of it I've found is the Stockholm metro map[1], which has straight, artificial lines but where the spacing and geometry between stations is still relatively faithful to reality. (Compare to what I assume is the real geography[2].)
[1]: http://www.bevenhall.se/tbana/tunnelb.jpg http://www.bevenhall.se/tbana/tunnelb.jpg
[2]: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzU070lCEAASgqr.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzU070lCEAASgqr.jpg
- alternatetwo 2y agoOn the other hand, there are two stations on the Berlin map which look quite far apart but are easily walkable in 5 minutes.
- tetris11 2y agoBank and Monument are what spring to mind, though in both projections look pretty close.
- alternatetwo 2y agoIt’s S Feuerbachstraße and U Walter Schreiber Platz.
- latexr 2y agoThat is a good map. It is also, crucially, so very much simpler than the London Underground one. At a certain point that stops being as feasible.
- Tijdreiziger 2y agoThat’s because it only shows the metro. The map on SL’s (Stockholm’s transit agency’s) website is more complicated (but still good): https://sl.se/contentassets/7bf3767b47ed44ff98b06403c08eaa6b/sl-spartrafik.png https://sl.se/contentassets/7bf3767b47ed44ff98b06403c08eaa6b...
- bombcar 2y agoPart of the problem is balancing all the factors - a "star" metro like Stockholm is much easier to map than one that has actual rings and loops and similar. You could perhaps have thin lines between "walkable" stations for the cognoscendi or similar.
- the_other 2y agoThe station labels are at about the same angle as the perceptual cut-off of my astigmatism, so neither the usually-horizontal nor usually-vertical pers of the letters are in focus. The spaciousness and directionality of the map are nice, but it’s much harder than the all-horizontal London map. (TBF I live in London so I’m fairly comfortable with the Tube map)