The_Cat
Senior Member
I like the North Saskatchewan River being part of the map, as well as downtown being marked. I'd recommend another North marker in the bottom left of the map.
More confusion from the city, they just can't seem to help themselves. In the name of simplification, this map doesn't seem to have any east west axis and north is where normally east would be.dayyyumm that new map is CRISP compared to the old ones. it's jarringly inaccurate geographically, but i get why and think it's still very useful and easy to understand. what is the source for this?
More confusion from the city, they just can't seem to help themselves. In the name of simplification, this map doesn't seem to have any east west axis and north is where normally east would be.
The two lines do not run parallel on the south side, so someone thinking they could take the Capital Line and somehow quickly get to Mill Woods would be mistaken.
If it needs to be "simplified" this much, for people to understand, we are in real trouble.
This is the map which will go inside the LRVs, so the designers are very limited with what they can do. They can't move the maps to the advertising boards because Patison owns them, so the maps need to retain their current dimensions.It would be easier to read if it had a vertical orientation rather than horizontal; it would also be easier to relate to the directional relationship to the ground.
Are those the maps you see at the stations themselves, or on the trains? I don't know much about this, so do you have any ideas on how they could address those points within the dimensions ETS is stuck with?I looked at a few (Paris, Mexico City, Montreal, Toronto). All have north to south orientation, all have lines running in the general direction they actually follow. If there is generally agreed standard, why does this have to be so different?
Having ridden the metro/subway in all of those cities, I can say that not all train cars have entire system maps in them. Some will only have a map of the line you are currently riding, as it is much easier to fit a single line in the long, narrow space provided in the cars versus the system map. I like how ETS has laid out the network for the LRVs and I suspect a more 'geographically accurate' orientation will be provided at the platforms.I looked at a few (Paris, Mexico City, Montreal, Toronto). All have north to south orientation, all have lines running in the general direction they actually follow. If there is generally agreed standard, why does this have to be so different?
this makes a lot of sense. the current station maps are this orientation too. I think three things: a North arrow; shortening the Metro Line so it doesn't look like Clareview and Nait are equidistant from Downtown; and aligning 102 street and Central to show how easy the transfer there is, would make this sufficiently accurate. there are also the large city-wide bus maps in stations to help people navigate. what station to get off at.This is the map which will go inside the LRVs, so the designers are very limited with what they can do. They can't move the maps to the advertising boards because Patison owns them, so the maps need to retain their current dimensions.