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It's the norm in many world cities to doing so. Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, etc, etc. They also break apart the systems onto separate maps too with just the stations indicated for the other systems' lines, rather than overwhelm visitors from, say, Toronto who couldn't handle such detail.
I think by the time the go network is examined and fare integration happens paper maps will have gone the way of the dodo and people will be using phone apps to navigate public transit. I already do if I'm going somewhere haven't been before, pulling oiut a maop is waste of time when you can just pull out your phone and check an app l;ike city maopper whioch is avalable in many cities world wide and changes when you open it in another city., for example when I opened it in Wollongong Austalia it asked me if I wanted it for Sydney transportation.
You're welcome to think what you want...no comment there...but how about road signs, and door numbers, and printed money? How about books, and written agreements, and libraries. All gone too?
Some of those will still be needed printed money is being used less and less now as more people3 use debit and credit cards and apps like apple pay , goolgle pay and samsung pay. There are even some bunesnes now not acepting cash, most hotels won't accept it at all anymore. As for books and writing assignments I can't give you answer but as I said who needs a printed map when they can take their phone oput of ther pocket and get detailed instrutions on wher to go instred of looking at amap and trying to figure out everything.
I use Wi-Fi to access it and most of the mapping services function offline once you put in your destination, so you don't need to use data. All TTC subway stations have a map in them that shows all of the TTC and go routes inside of the city of Toronto if someone actually needs to use it for some reason. I think it depends upon which generation you are a part of now are you the one that uses technology for everything or are you still doing it the way you have always done it and don't see the need to change. Another example is for example with my family when we did road trips we used to go to CAA and get a triptix then it switched to using Google maps or MapQuest and now it's using the GPS either on the window of the car or built into the car for directions.
Good point, and I don't mean to suggest that having a comprehensive map that includes regional rail means that you can't have a subway only map. More that if a city has the latter it should absolutely have the former as well. London gets that, Toronto doesn't.
We could put every subway, LRT, commuter, and BRT line in the entire GTA, existing and proposed, and it would still be less complex than maps for cities like London.
The ubiquity of smartphones doesn't negate the need for a comprehensive, easy to navigate official rapid transit map posted in trains and stations. The official map can be in app form as well.
Ya know, those aliens we can have over for dinner when we live on the Moon won't have to go far to truly fug us up and conquer us. Just block the phones of the zombies who need it for everything they do.
Most of your argument makes no sense at all comparing art to getting around on public transportation. Most people people don't use maps any more just because you want to use one doesn't mean they will print them forever. Just like how phone and credit cards and banks are charging for paper bilis to be sent to you instead of getting it as an email.
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